Ethical decision making this activity is important because as a manager, you will be faced with decisions that involve ethical issues. a four-component model can be used to understand how decisions are made in an ethical or unethical manner. according to this model, ethical behavior stems from an individual (1) recognizing that a moral issue exists (moral awareness), (2) determining the ethical course of action (moral judgment), (3) choosing the right course of action (moral intent), and then (4) committing to the ethical behavior. in addition, unethical behavior can be triggered by individual characteristics or the situation. the goal of this activity is to demonstrate your knowledge of the four-component model of ethical decision making by matching each component to a corresponding example. in this activity, your boss, chris, needs to promote someone in your department. you know that chris is having a hard time deciding between you and one other employee. he recently presented his supervisor with your and your coworker’s performance records and asked for advice. chris's supervisor told him, "i don’t care.