One way to identify the key issues in ethical discussions is to examine case studies, either hypothetical or real, that present ethical dilemmas. A simplistic or cursory analysis of situations will often lead one to judge an action is "right" or "moral" or the opposite. In fact, the more interesting cases are those in which there are competing good values, situations in which the participants must choose one path or decision over another, even though other choices are defensible.
 
 

Type  of  Cases
Business	Babson College--three cases dealing with business issues. The Polluter's Dilemma--a case from Dr. Chris MacDonald of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada The Whistleblower--another case from Dr. MacDonald Performance Appraisal--a case by Thomas Shanks of the Markkula Center at the University of Santa Clara The Sole Remaining Supplier--a true case of heart pacemakers, also from Thomas Shanks The Case of Nutritional Foods--By Kirk Hanson. What are the ethical questions for a company when a product goes wrong?
Military	Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics--A large collection of interesting cases, most presented by Lt. Col. Patrick Tower
Personal	The Heinz Dilemma--The classic ethics case, used by Lawrence Kohlberg to help develop his levels of ethical development.
Journalism	Journalism Cases Online--an excellent set of cases from the School of Journalism of the University of Indiana
Various	Vanderbilt University Center for Ethics--a wide variety of ethical issues, particularly from the professions, in addition to links to other sources of ethics case studies