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Understanding Stakeholders in Motorcycle Helmet Laws and Ethical Decision Making

This chapter discusses the ethical implications of helmet laws for motorcyclists, exploring the balance between individual freedom and public safety. It highlights utilitarian theory as a framework for evaluating actions based on their overall benefits or harms to stakeholders, which include riders, community members, and society at large. The chapter encourages readers to analyze the diverse impacts of wearing helmets or riding without them, emphasizing how personal choices can influence broader community outcomes and legislative decisions.

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Understanding Stakeholders in Motorcycle Helmet Laws and Ethical Decision Making

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  1. CHAPTER 7 Identifying Stakeholders

  2. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • Many states now require motorcyclists to wear helmets—a law unpopular with individuals who believe they should have the freedom of choice. • Most people recognize that wearing a helmet provides the rider with extra protection in a crash. • But why not allow a rider to accept the extra risk of riding without a helmet?

  3. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • A well-known ethical model, the utilitarian theory, states that an ethical action is one that provides the greatest balance of good over harm. • Any persons or groups who will be affected by an action are called stakeholders. • The impact of the action on all stakeholders should be analyzed.

  4. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • Major stakeholders include owners, employees, customers, local communities, and society. • Not every type of stakeholder will apply in each decision. • However, the list of stakeholders provides a useful guide for individuals to search beyond themselves for the impact of their actions.

  5. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • Analyze the impact on stakeholders involved in a motorcyclist’s decision to ride without a helmet.

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  13. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • This analysis clearly demonstrates how a seemingly personal decision—wearing a helmet—can affect many people. • Individuals must make their own conclusions from this analysis. • State legislators who have voted for helmet laws believed that benefits to the motorcyclist failed to offset the negative impact on so many stakeholders. • Individuals who opposed helmet laws believe the benefits to the individual offset the negative impact on all other stakeholders.

  14. Chapter 7 Identifying Stakeholders • Instructions • Most colleges and universities have minimum academic standards for admission. • Create a table that analyzes the positive and negative impact of admission standards. • Are admission standards ethical?

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