Ethical Issues For Public Employees

Jerry Mason, senior vice president and general manager at Morton-Thiokol, and Morton-Thiokol were on the brink of negotiating the booster’ rocket contract renewal with NASA. Although, it is not an acceptable reason, we could see how engineers and others below the authority of Jerry could be afraid to state something contrary to what he stood by. When someone’s self-interest and pride gets in the way of engineering, it can neglect the welfare of the public, and cause them harm. This case study highlights many irresponsible, and ethical failures in a professional work environment. Jerry Mason failed to abide by the following impediments for responsible action; self-interest, ignorance, and group thinking.

Ethics are statements written that mirrors the principles of society it reflects society’s views of what is right or humanitarian. However, morals are not written and are codes setting out what is thought to be good enough or offensive behaviour.

Since the 1960s, the public value of whistle blowing has been increasingly recognized. Whistle blowing statutes protect from discharge or discrimination an employee who has initiated an investigation of an employer’s activities or who has otherwise cooperated with a regulatory agency in carrying out an inquiry or the enforcement of regulations. Many states have enacted whistle blower statutes, but these statutes vary widely in coverage. Some statutes apply only to public employees, some apply to both public and private employees, and others apply to public contractors. Under the federal False Claims Act, any person with knowledge of false claims or fraud against the institution may bring a lawsuit in his or

As a Healthcare administrator there are many different challenges to be faced. Being the backbone of any company in general is a hard but rewarding task. On a day-to-day basis healthcare administrators have to deal with the bulk of the problems wherever they work. The people in these positions deal with things ranging from unethical doctors, to hiring and firing the janitor. The topic this paper is going to focus on is the type of issues healthcare administrators deal with when going through the process of employment for their doctors.

Public Finance is the role of government in the economy. Transparency and accountability in government financial management is crucial. The reading, “Understanding New York City’s Budget” references that due to government spending of taxpayer money to operate various services, several checks and balances such as Audits, City Council Oversight, Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), and Program Evaluation were put in place for accountability. The adherence to policy, procedures, rules, regulations and laws are important when compliance and integrity is the goal.

1. Discuss an ethical dilemma that you have had to face in the workplace. Ethical dilemmas

This case study analyzes the experiences of Courtland Kelley at General Motors (GM). Courtland Kelley a third generation GM worker put his job on the line by pushing the GM managers and executives to fully respond to the safety issues found while working as a safety inspector at the company. Kelley along with his supervisor Bill McAleer first discovered the issues while auditing GM cars at rail yards across the country, a spot check of vehicles before the cars were cleared to be delivered to the dealers. McAleer was taken off the audit as a result, who subsequently sued the company seeking whistle-blower protection. The case was eventually dismissed by a judge in favor of GM. The judgement only increased Kelley’s

* Polish managers expressed difficulty in adjusting to the confidentiality of the new salary system. The Polish and U.S managers differed in the beliefs regarding what information was personal and what information should be public. Polish managers wanted to know as much about each other’s salaries as possible. They had no problems asking another employee about exactly how much they were paid. To the Polish managers, this served as a means of establishing their relative status.

In this University of California – Berkeley’s Hass School of Business Case, we are aware of money transactions Dean Hasler was processing in order for the school’s professors to have a salary closer to other business school professor’s around the nation and to avoid their leaving to better-paying institutions such as Stanford and Harvard. We are noted through an audit the university completed, that approximately $650,000 were spent in unauthorized supplemental compensation to some faculty members. However, the report did not identify the checks that were given to the faculty members. This large amount was divided amongst 25 workers; some were professors while others were faculty members. An article about this case was later written in the Wall

Nutritional well-being plays an essential role in the overall health, independence, and quality of life of older persons as well as disabled persons. This nation has a responsibility to at risk populations such as the elderly. Today, there are close to 6 million seniors in the United States facing the threat of hunger. Some of these citizens were raised during the Great Depression, they went on to protect our independence in the Second World War and won the cold war. America's older citizens have been called the greatest generation by many. It is morally wrong that the citizens that built this country should suffer starvation in this land of plenty, which they helped to form. Our country

Ethical dilemmas are particularly sensitive issues in the workplace because the well-being of the individuals and the organization as a whole are at stake. Employees must feel as though they are being supported and not punished, and should not feel as though they were being put on display; their dignity should always remain intact. This paper examines how, as a high school principle, I would address the issue of one of the high school teachers becoming addicted to prescription drugs.

I think any service work or public service work is challenging ethically, because I mentioned before like how I recognize how much educational privilege I have by being a student at this institution. It is something that I felt the need to do something with, but there is no perfect, right or purely ethical way to do so. I think EPASA is a program that gets the closest to doing that, because it marries direct service with kind of thinking about systemic change. The direct service aspect is the one-on-one tutoring, recreational activities, lunch time that we have as part of our Saturday programming. Then the systemic aspect of the program is really making sure that all the staff, no matter what program they are involved with under educational

First off, lets take a closer look at what the problem is here. Alex Washington was appointed by the governor to be the commissioner for the Public Service Department. He would be the second person appointed by the governor since his term began (Joseph, 2014). The case study highlights that Alex had previously heard rumors regarding the position, but he figured it was just criticism. After accepting the job, he began to receive letters of concern from the staff and constituents. This case study highlights three particular letters that stood out for the commissioner.

Ethics and Empathy for Public Servants, spring semester of 2016 at University of Baltimore has enlightened me with many aspects including what it means to be empathetic, ethical boundaries, speaking up, pubic trust, interaction, and overall awareness.

Personal values may conflict with ethical decision making if those personal values are different than the organizational norms of the business or institution. Constructing, and maintaining personal ethics in the workplace rests with the individual, and how willing he or she is in assimilating to the evolving cultural dynamic of the corporate world. Many times a person find their personal, cultural and/or organizational ethics conflicting and must reconcile a course of action that will mitigate cognitive dissonance. In order to be a productive member of society, in small groups and globally, one must reconcile these conflicts on a daily basis and continually move forward while maintaining personal integrity and