Graydon noticed Jack, his friend and classmate, cheating on a physics exam and now he is trying to decide what to do about it. He knows he could keep quiet about it, but that would violate his moral values, plus the school's code of ethics requires students to report incidents of cheating. On the other hand, if he reports the incident, both his friend and probably all of their other friends will be mad at him. In which phase of the ethical decision-making process is Graydon?
a. gathering information.
b. developing a problem statement.
c. identifying options.
d. weighing options.

d) Weighing options

Explanation:

Weighing options is the level of ethical decision-making process in which  analyzing and comparing between options in a particular situation takes place to make a decision. This phase consist of dilemma in choosing between options.  

According to the question,Graydon is weighing options by analyzing the options of whether following ethical code of informing about cheating or not informing about cheating done by Jack so that he will not be mad at him.

Other options are incorrect because collection information, identification of option and problem statement generation are not the phase experienced through Graydon. Thus, the correct option is option(d).

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