Garrett has just purchased a beer distributorship. He wants to increase the visibility of his firm in local markets, but he knows there are a number of regulations and socially accepted practices associated with promoting alcoholic beverages. According to the Framework for Ethical Decision Making, the first thing Garrett should do is to
Select one:
a. identify issues that need to be addressed.
b. gather information and identify stakeholders.
c. brainstorm and evaluate alternatives.
d. choose a course of action.
e. promote the firm's corporate social responsibility efforts.

According to the given question, on the basis of the Ethical decision framework the first thing that the Garrett should do is to identifying the main issue or problem and then it is need to be addressed so that we can effectively resolve the given problem timely.

For promoting the alcoholic beverages, Garrett firstly going thought all the Ethical principle and the practices so that it can help him to make the effective decisions for the purpose of promoting and increase the visibility of alcoholic beverages to the customers or users in the local market.

Therefore, Option (A) is correct answer.