Bill Gates founded Microsoft, but his foremost important ethical contributions have come from his charitable work as a business-man. Mr. Gates achieved the success as a philanthropist after Microsoft became a multi-billion-dollar corporation. The success of his corporation made Gates the wealthiest individual in the world. His contribution in the charitable work makes Bill Gates one of the utmost ethical leaders of this modern generation. The approach which Mr. Gates has espoused is founded on the utilitarian code of ethics as advocated by John Stuart Mill. Up until now, the philanthropist has committed over $20 billion dollars of his wealth to a range of grounds, consisting of the enhancing the living standards in much of sub-Sharan Africa. He has even well persuaded similar billionaires that this approach to altruistic work by far is the most significant approach.
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If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.” Here, he recognizes the need to give back in order to make society a better place for everyone. To further illustrate Gates’ utilitarian view on decision making in business, the website of the Gates Foundation states that it is “Guided by the belief that every life has equal value”. Everyone’s happiness is considered equally.
Bill Gates has demonstrated utilitarianism in his decision making in business in other aspects as well, which have been viewed to maximize benefits for the company without having significant negative consequences on those involved. In the developmental time of his company, Bill Gates decided to depart from IBM in order to focus on expanding Microsoft. This decision created access to additional opportunities for the firm, without negative effects to the two companies. Microsoft supported IBM but placed focus on creating software as an independent commercial