Write up the case below using the systemic approach discussed in class and
found in Buerki et al., in this specific instance, to discover the right moral
decision for you:
You, the chief hospital pharmacist, hired a new technician about 3 months ago. The technician was the daughter of one of your closest family friends. She appeared very personable, competent and dependable.
After 3 months, the pharmacy’s inventory records showed a shortage of promethazine dextromethorphan. After watching the pharmacy personnel,
the new tech was observed putting the drug into the wastebasket. When she went home at the end of the shift, she would empty the
wastebasket.
How would you handle this situation?
Provide responses for each component discussing an ethical case in
arriving at your solution.
