Steve Templeton, the CEO of Rolland Motor Company, Is Contemplating

Steve Templeton, the CEO of Rolland Motor Company, is contemplating the shutdown of a plant in Kantron. The plant has been unprofitable for some time now, and there is an increasing pressure from shareholders to shut it down so as to balance the loss being incurred by the shareholders. Closing the plant would result in the employees losing their jobs and the local suppliers losing a major buyer. It will also have an adverse effect on the community of Kantron as the plant is one of the main sources of employment for the locals. Steve considers all these factors before deciding the fate of the plant. After considering all the factors, if Steve finds that the loss to the employees and the community is far greater than that incurred by the shareholders and decides to keep the plant open, which of the following moral theories matches Steve Templeton's approach to the situation?

A) Kantian ethics
B) Rawls's social justice theory
C) ethical fundamentalism
D) utilitarianism