Patty, the CEO of an oil drilling company, and her top management team recently discovered that their facilities are damaging an Asian beach and the local wildlife. They understand that they need to decide if temporarily closing or not closing the facility is unethical. To help them make their decision, they consider the following four questions: "Is not temporarily closing the facility legal? If yes, does this proposed action maximize shareholder value? If yes, is not temporarily closing the facility ethical? If no, would it be ethical not to take the proposed action?" Patty and her top managers are using ________ to help them make their decision.

Explanation: In simple words, it refers to the method of decision making when the managers are facing an ethical dillema. Under this approach, the managers considers all alternatives and takes into account the impact of making them.

In the given case, Patty is trying to ascertain whether she should close the facility temporally or permanently and what impact does it make.

Hence from the above we can conclude that she and her managers are using Bagley's ethical decision making tree.