Tamara is considering accepting a bribe from a company bidding on a construction project even though she knows that the company has engaged in dangerous practices in the past. She knows her family, friends, coworkers, and managers would all consider this action unethical, but the money could pay for a really nice vacation. This decision is causing her a great deal of stress. Tamara is feeling a high level of
A) stress based on personal principles.
B) virtue ethics based on utilitarianism.
C) moral awareness based on moral intent.
D) moral intensity based on social consensus.
E) ethical awareness based on social consensus.

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Tamara is thinking deeply about the ethics of this decision based on how others would perceive her actions. Everyone else would agree taking a bribe would be unethical. This describes social consensus. High levels of social consensus cause high levels of moral intensity.

Tamara Is Considering Accepting a Bribe from a Company Bidding