Case Analysis : Hewsen Chemical Inc.

Ethics is the guiding force in any respectable organization. With a moral compass, especially in the leadership of organization, a company can become compromised and fall into a quagmire of legal issues, a tarnished reputation, and devaluation of company stock if it is a publically traded company. In pursuit of examine my own ethical lens I will analyze the ethical traits of an admired leader, my own traits as exhibited in the Ethical Lens Inventory, and how I make a decision concerning a particular ethical dilemma.

Brand plays a key role in the beer-purchasing process, along with taste, price, special occasion,

1. Why is Brown Forman considering buying Southern Comfort? In your answer consider the strategic motives of Brown and the arguments in favour of and against the acquisition.

An ethical audit is important to establish the company’s current weaknesses and strengths concerning how it conducts itself in an ethical manner. An ethics audit will involve evaluating the company’s standard of ethic, it ethic climate, and how well the company’s employees follow ethical standards. One of the first things to evaluate in an ethics audit is if a company has a written code of ethics and how comprehensive it is. Moreover, the written code of ethics should apply to everyone in the company from the top down with a clear zero tolerance policy in place for ethics violations. Included in a comprehensive ethics code should be a method for

MTC initially needed to obtain substantial investment capital due to two main factors: a research-heavy industry, and the need to create most of the markets for its products. Although the founders' goal was to become a major manufacturing company, they did estimate that the company would need $50 million in capital before it would become self-sufficient. Their initial financing model was to first recruit a superior technical team, use that to attract additional equity investment and development funding from interested corporations, and then develop manufacturing capabilities. Commercial sales began 2.5 years after inception, and MTC is nearing the break-even point in 1990.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper detailing the unethical conduct, the crime committed, and the outcome of the case.

Roger Berg, the Vice President for Planning of the Lake Corporation, had to recommend a subcontractor for the environmental study project in connection with their planned large resort.  The contract has been decided in principle to be awarded to Ceil Grant, one of their regular subcontractors. However, after a lunch conversation with Del, who represented a larger contractor firm, Roger changed his mind, now recommending Del’s company to take on the project instead. Faced with a situation of moral dilemma, he has to decide what would be the right thing to

Roger Berg, the Vice President for Planning of the Lake Corporation, had to recommend a subcontractor for the environmental study project in connection with their planned large resort.  The contract has been decided in principle to be awarded to Ceil Grant, one of their regular subcontractors. However, after a lunch conversation with Del, who represented a larger contractor firm, Roger changed his mind, now recommending Del’s company to take on the project instead. Faced with a situation of moral dilemma, he has to decide what would be the right thing to do.

Bart J. Van Dissel and Joshua D. Margolis’s Martha McCaskey, is a case study about Martha McCaskey, a young, inexperienced graduate in her first full-time job facing an ethical dilemma. McCaskey has to make decisions between promotion from successfully completing a project but conflicting her ethics and professional integrity and alienation from losing 20% of the division’s total revenue and future businesses due to failure of completing the project. To further analyze the case and derives ideal solution, we should understand that McCaskey is not the only major stakeholders influenced by the event. Other major stakeholders and their problems have to be identified. By understanding goals, concerns a problems of each stakeholder, we could then conduct analyses of alternative solutions in order to derive recommended solutions for McCaskey.

The Last in first out (LIFO) liquidation Inventory valuation method was changed as Inventory level in1984, 1983 and 1984 was decreased by Harnischfeger. By adopting this process, inventory that was purchased at lower cost in previous years was sold at higher prices.

Due to this realization, the next thing he did was to talk to the plant’s accountants to determine how the company can make money. The company will have money if the net profit increased along with the return on

Mr. James Elliott, CEO and Chairman of Byte Products, Inc., presents his recommendation to the Board of Directors to purchase an existing plant in Plainville as a temporary plant until the new one is online in 3 years. All on the Board except one (10–1) seem to favor the proposal. What ensues is the discussion between Elliott and Kevin Williams, board member, over the proposal to purchase a plant with the intention of closing it in 3 years.

They are a small, local company that assumingly delivers quality products on time and at the convenience of their buyer’s needs. While their relationship with CJI appears to have been professional and successful, they will not be able to continue to supply CJI with all of their bilge pumps once the demand reaches 50 pumps monthly. This situation forces them to consider their options which are: to expand their production capabilities or maintain their current production levels and risk losing their business with CJI.

Polyethylene is the world’s most widely used plastic. Polyethylene plastic’s principal application was in packaging, from trash bags to milk jugs. It was widely used in the manufacture of everything from trash bags, picnic cutlery and garbage pails, to plastic toys. Polyethylene also replaced glass, wood, and metal in certain applications.

Soren Chemical produces industrial strength chemicals, cleaning solutions, and chemical solutions for treating water. Since it’s founding in 1942, Soren has operated as a business-to-business company. They have recently introduced Coracle, a pool clarifier aimed at the consumer market. The goal for first year sales is $1.5 million. At 6 months, sales of Coracle are just $111,000.