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The Seven Steps Method is a checklist developed to assist with ethical decision making. The method involves responding to the following seven “what” questions:

*What are the facts?
*What are the ethical issues?
*What are the alternatives?
*What are the stakeholders?
*What are the ethics of alternatives?
*What are the practical constraints?
*What is the action to take? (Werhane et al. 1990[[#%20ftn1|[1]]])

These questions are designed to encourage a dialectical way of engaging with an ethical problem, so that (in cases where there is enough time) one can revise previous answers several times during the process. Various versions of this model are suggested for different professions. For instance, the Seven Step Method for ethical decision making in counselling (Miller and Davis 2016[[#%20ftn2|[2]]]) or management (Harold Fogelberg 2018[[#%20ftn3|[3]]]) are slightly different than the above model. Nevertheless, in principle, they all aim to help ethical decision making.

A more extensive version of this model is developed to address the ethical issues faced in scientific and academic contexts. In ''Ethics and the University'', Michael Davis adds several sub-questions to the original model and fine-tunes it for academic purposes (Davis 1999[[#%20ftn1|[4]]]). Being aware of the complexities of using moral theories for non-philosophers, his version of the model provides a framework for an orderly discussion of ethical issues using common sense.
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[[#%20ftnref1|[1]]] Werhane, P., Bowie, N., Boatright, J., Velasquez, M. (1990), The Seven Step Method for Analyzing Ethical Situations [Online Material]. Retrieved February 25, 2019, from <nowiki>https://studylib.net/doc/18058307/model-g---the-seven-step-method-for-analyzing-ethical-sit</nowiki>

[[#%20ftnref2|[2]]] Miller, H. F., Davis, T. E. (2016). Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making. Published by: The Center for Counseling Practice, Policy, and Research. Retrieved February 26 2019, from <nowiki>https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/ethics/practioner-39-s-guide-to-ethical-decision-making.pdf</nowiki>

[[#%20ftnref3|[3]]] Fogelberg, H. (2018, August 28). 7 Step model for ethical decision making [Web blog post]. Retrieved February 25, 2019, from <nowiki>https://compassexecutives.com/2018/08/28/7-step-model-for-ethical-decision-making/</nowiki>

[[#%20ftnref1|[4]]] Davis, M. (1999). Ethics and the university. London: Routledge.

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