BUS FP3050 Assessment1 1.docx BUS-FP3050 Communication, Ethics, and a Command Decision

BUS FP3050   Assessment1 1.docx  BUS-FP3050  Communication, Ethics, and a Command Decision  Capella University   Communication, Ethics, and a Command Decision  Analyze the Scenario  Making an ethical decision can be one of the most difficult moments in a person™s life. Especially if that decision needs to be made during someone™s career. Much must be considered when faced with a decision of this magnitude, maybe your worried fellow staff might resent you. Worse than that you find yourself losing the career you built over the last 28 years. That was the case for Captain Crozier, Commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Let us look deeper into the situation and the dilemma one captain found himself in, and what he ultimately decided to  do.  Captain Crozier found himself pleading for immediate additional aid in the fight against COVID-19 aboard his ship. œCapt. Crozier had written a four-page memorandum recently demanding that superiors allow him to take the carrier to the port in Guam to offload sailors stricken with Covid-19. At least 114 of the vessel's crew have tested positive for the new coronavirus (Youssef & Lubold, 2020, Apr 03). Captain Crozier sent a communication as to the health of his sailors and the condition of his ship to a broad audience of roughly 20 people  (CNN, 2020, April 6). Was his objective to expose the navy for what he thought was lack of support.  The dilemma facing Captain Crozier was a unique and sensitive matter. As most know the military handles all issues internally, so for a