The matrix winner is outsourcing, and the owner said in stage 1 that she will not make staff redundant in a profitable year. In stage 4 the outsourcing option is:
The matrix winner is outsourcing, and the owner said in stage 1 that she will not make staff redundant in a profitable year. In stage 4 the outsourcing option is:
Answer
Overridden — a stated value is a constraint, not a criterion to trade off
Options - A. Still recommended — the matrix decided it, and the weights were justified in stage 3 - B. Recommended with a caveat noting the redundancies - C. Overridden — a stated value is a constraint, not a criterion to trade off - D. A stage-3 error only: staff impact should have been weighted higher Why - A. The matrix informs; it does not decide. A total cannot outrank a constraint the client stated. - B. A caveat trades the value off against the total, which is exactly what a value is not. The client said "will not", not "would rather not". - C. Correct — the winner violates a stated value, so it is out; the recommendation is the best alternative that honours it, with the cost of honouring it stated in dollars. - D. Re-weighting until the value wins is rigging the matrix. The honest treatment is to keep the matrix as built and apply the constraint explicitly in stage 4.
OpenStax Business Ethics ch 15; OpenStax Business 2.2; research §4 (IDX); concept map H04, H07