Case Analysis : The Shamrock Diamond Corporation

The Rose Company is building a new plant to reduce cost, improve the quality of products, and maintain competitive leadership by gaining a slight production advantage. The main obstacles to be overcome are the commissioning of a new plant, new methods and process, and administrative reporting issues. As the newly hired General Plant Manager, I plan to resolve these issues by insisting that all plant communications flow through me, instituting training for plant personnel and setting operational expectations.

The method of ethical decision making which was developed by Dr. Cathryn A. Baird presented two components contained in all ethical decisions which are; The Four ethical Lenses and the 4+1 Decision process. The Four Ethical Lenses issue claims that different ethical theories and the means in which we tend to approach the situations which form part of our ethical traditions are looked at in four different perspectives. From each perspective there are different values on which to decide whether the action taken is either ethical or not and each lens also lays emphasis on determining whether the decision made is of ethical requirement. In the 4+1 Decision Process, people who are responsible for making final decisions in an organization do it

The survey was performed in 2010 involving members of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA). They focused on the evolution of business ethics by analyzing six other studies over a span of two-and-a-half decades. Members of the survey were ethics manager, but members on the previous studies were regular employees and management. The results of the analysis of the previous studies showed that ethics programs in companies during a time span of the 1980’s through the 1990’s was used to show social responsibilities and not necessarily to enforce it throughout the company. It showed that ethics programs now that companies follow ethical laws and they are motivated to be ethical. Another result of the study showed that ethics training at companies has increased since the 1990’s due to the passing of Sarbanes-Oxley and other laws directed at ethics. The passing of the laws in the early 2000’s has led to ethics being a major component of everyday

This article attempts to explain how personal, cultural, and organizational values play significant parts in decision-making. In addition, the foundation of ethical dilemmas can

The original assignment in this module dealt primarily with employers trying to find wrongdoing by employees.  We now turn to the question of employee rights and employer obligations.  Using at least two (2) of the foundational ethical theories studied in Module 2, you should answer the following questions.   With each answer, you should discuss the issues and set forth and defend a clear position.

An individual’s personal beliefs and moral values are just as significant to any organization as what goes into running a company. Ethics are what we live by from day-to-day, but the concern for most union

We found that although a code of conduct, ethics hotline, and newsletter exist, none were consistently used, enforced, or reinforced by company employees or management. For example, upon joining the company, employees must sign a code of conduct; however, management has not made a sustained effort to implement or reinforce the code.

It is a relevant ethical dilemma because it is a situation in which an ethical decision needs to be made by a businessman (CFO of Gabriel Resources) where viable options to this case are available which will be judged further in this essay by applying ethical theory and concepts.

Management constitute amongst major components of a company, organization or a business. As such, management oversees employees interactions with their supervisors and also control of people within a particular organization. Also, it includes critical and ethical decision-making process so as to address various ethical dilemmas experienced by employees while undertaking their respective assigned duties within the company. Ethical dilemmas are hereby to stay as issues usually arise now and then and place a variety of options that bear different repercussions. Therefore, it calls for ethical and critical decision-making skills so as to make the most appropriate option that bears more benefits in comparison to other options presented. While making ethical decisions, it 's substantially important to play heed to a certain ethical decision-making theory. This would enable an individual making the decision to ripe best possible consequences rather than living to regret. Moreover, ethical decision making is typically important in business as making a wrong decision may result not only in huge losses but also poor relationship amongst colleagues and miserable life for employee(s) working in a particular company or business in question.

Despite the fact, that management was fully aware of the employees’ grievances and the need to redesign the incentive plan, management does nothing to ratify their complaints. Evidently, Engstrom management team is not meeting the mental needs of the workers and breaks Newstrom implication of the "unwritten mental contract that workers sign upon employment with the company” (Newstrom, 2015, pg. 87-9). As a

It can be hard to make a decision, especially when an ethical dilemma is involved. Ethical dilemmas pose a challenge because there is good to be found with both choices. The problem arises when one’s personal ethics are challenged. This paper will discuss an ethical dilemma with which a drug company’s regional sales manager was faced. It will discuss: the case and explain the ethical dilemma; the four functions of management; ethical issues; ethical relativism; four values; case resolutions; and Christian values in relation to the case.

In this case study, we are examining the case of Giovanni, a very ambitious and talented team leader in Bathurst Bank. The position of HR director in the bank needs to be replaced as Liz, the HR director is going to take her maternity leave. After looking at Giovanni’s assessment, Bathurst Bank’s CEO, Ingrid Sanders decided not to let Giovanni take the position and give him a 10% raise in his salary instead because even though he has done a very good job in his work but he still lack some key skill to be a good leader. Not being appointed to be the new HR director, Giovanni is quite upset and he wants to have another talk with Ingrid to find a different way to get through the problem as he believes that he is capable of taking the

Today, employees can be considered as the greatest strength of the company. They are the ones who help build the reputation of the company, it is their job to ensure the success of the business, which is why it is very important to keep them satisfied. A recent statistic shows that an American worker has an average of eight jobs in his career (Rudman, 2003). This stat shows how difficult it is to retain a core strength of a company. In this essay, an analysis of a case study is made. The case includes at first, a discussion between Chip Brownlee and Arch carter, the CEO and lead director of Galvatrens respectively. During this conversation, they discussed a lawsuit that a former employee sent to the company for being wrongfully relieved of his duty. Also in the case study after investigation the board of Galvatrens and their CEO made a meeting in order to tackle the problems and know what really happened. In this essay, it will explain the main ethical dilemmas in the case study, and according to these dilemmas a comparison will be made between utilitarian, libertarian, deontological and virtue ethics perspectives. Finally, as a form of an ethical point of view will be used to be the best solution to solve the dilemma of the recommendation.

In this case study there are three major characters that resemble different views of management theories and ethical theories. Each individual character has their own inner issues that they have to deal with and how it will affect their self, the business, and the community of they operate in. Bernie Ebbers, Cynthia Cooper, and David Myers are the three main people that have to confront these issues. Cynthia cooper is the head of the Internal Audit department in the company and finds some suspicious activities going on with their accounting practices. Cooper battles with the Board on exposing the company and letting everyone know what is going. Bernie Ebbers is the CEO of the company; he has built up the company to be the super-giant it

In addition this research investigates endeavors to propose diverse ways in which companies can treat their employees ethically, while in the meantime stay financially profitable and maintain their competitiveness by being good corporate global citizens.