A colleague of yours frequently takes small amounts of office supplies for his own personal use, noting that the loss to the company is minimal. You counter that if everyone were to take office supplies the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which of the following ethical principles?
A) Kant's categorical imperative
B) The Golden Rule
C) The risk aversion principle
D) The ethical "no free lunch" rule
E) The utilitarian principle

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Kant's categorical imperative suggests that one should act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law. If everyone took office supplies, it would lead to a significant loss, thus it cannot be universalized.

A Colleague of Yours Frequently Takes Small Amounts of Office