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Davis provides two distinct theories of morally justified whistle-blowing. Which theory do you find more convincing? Why? Appeal to moral theories discussed in Chapter 3 to support your position.

Please use: Beauchamp, T. L., Bowie, N. E., & Arnold, D. G. (2009). Ethical theory and business (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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I believe that Davis's complicity theory is the more convincing of the two theories, due to the fact that the complicity theory demonstrates the systematic level of beliefs within an individual that cause them to resort to whistleblowing in order to right a perceived moral wrong. In this theory, the scope of an individual's whistleblowing ...

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