The parable of Sadhu of Bowen McCoy (1983) is one of the most popular stories that try to unravel the ethical standards between individuals and corporates. In the parable, McCoy related how they met a sadhu while climbing the Himalayas. The sadhu suffered from hypothermia and was in the brink of dying.
The moral dilemma comes into play when they are forced to make the decision to backtrack down the mountain to save the man and probably never reach their ultimate goal, or ignore the needs of the desperate man in order to fulfill their personal desires.
The sadhu's life is not McCoy's responsibility or job; McCoy was just there for the journey up the mountain not to be a missionary. He did what he could for the sadhu and then continued with the rest of the group that had kept walking when they came across the man in the…show more content…