An executive decides to meet Environmental Protection Agency emissions requirements although it reduces company profit. The executive believes that, if all companies followed the laws, we would share a cleaner environment. This executive is using which ethics theory?

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The executive is using Rule Utilitarianism, which suggests that the morality of an action is determined by the utility of the rules that it follows. In this case, the executive believes that following emissions laws (a rule) will lead to a greater good for all, which is a cleaner environment, even if it means sacrificing individual company profit.

An Executive Decides to Meet Environmental Protection Agency Emissions Requirements