A dilemma is a difficult situation in which an
individual is confronted to choose between two
or more alternative actions to resolve the
problem.
Torn between “Mahal kita” and “Ang sakit na”
Types of Dilemma
❑ Classic Dilemma
(Different criteria, same behaviour)
There are conflicting criteria for the same behaviour.
Order
While the blend may be difficult, it is essential. Each Side of
the dilemma is valuable only because of the other side.
Attempts to live only under one side of the dilemma
are fatally flawed.
vs.
Freedom
❑ Temporal Dilemma
(Same process, different criteria
applied at a different time)
A special case of a classic dilemma
Speed occurs with an activity which is
complex enough to be a work process
or a project. Often there are criteria
vs. dominant in the early part of the
process that conflict with criteria that
Accuracy
become dominant in the early part of
the process that conflict criteria that
become dominant in a later point.
Service
❑ Orthogonal Dilemma
(Different behaviours, different criteria)
There are two different sets of behaviours that seem
orientation
diametrically opposed. They generate different cultures,
different structures, different staffing. While there may be
a hybrid that is preferable, the blending is optional; a
company could be viable exploiting just one half of the
vs.
dilemma.
Product
orientation
❑ Sequential Dilemma
(Different behaviour, different
times)
Work Different behaviours which
conflict with each other, but the
vs. most likely solution is to sequence
them appropriately; the tension in
the dilemma eventually becomes
Home one of relative emphasis, timing,
and transitioning.
❑ Unequal Dilemma
(The dilemma is split across unequal status)
Sometimes a person in authority will assert one side
of a dilemma. For example CEO announces that the
company will commit to high growth rates, severe cost
cutting, or product innovation. And he or she ignores the
High growth
vs.
corresponding position that defines a dilemma.
Organization
integrity
What is MORAL DILEMMA?
A moral dilemma is defines as any situation in
which the person making the decision experiences
a conflict between the moral rightness of a
decision and the quality of the produces.
Types of Dilemma:
❑ Personal Dilemma
These are situations in which an individual has a
choice to be made between two options, neither of which
resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In
such cases, personal ethical guidelines can provide no
satisfactory outcome for the chooser.
❑Organizational Dilemma
Organizational ethics are the
principals and standards by
which businesses operate,
according to Reference for
Business. They are best
demonstrated through act of
fairness, compassion, integrity,
honor and responsibility.
❑Systematic Dilemma
The process of systematic
moral analysis is predicted on
moral rule violations, which result
in harm to another person or
persons. This refers to the
conformity and compliance of
each member to the expected code
of conduct to be manifested in the
agency/workplace.