Ethical Issues in Managing Employee Behavior

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.

Ethical behavior in the workplace is paramount to a successful organization. Commitment to supporting ethical behavior in the workforce must be a top priority for all public service employees. The ethical culture of the organization starts at the very top of the organization. The standards of the agency are adhered to across the entire structure through fair and consistent ethical conduct as defined by leadership. Effective leaders must demonstrate through their behavior that they believe what they say. Those who pronounce that their supervisors and street level workers must adhere to the highest ethical standards must themselves adhere to those same standards (Menzel, p. 70, 2016). Actions may not be considered illegal, however if the action is contrary to organizations

Another important factor to consider is if each of the organization's employees is being treated fairly. An organization should ensure that they create and follow a code of ethics in which employees feel that both the employee and the employer are held accountable and encouraged to be ethical in treatment to one another. This translates as a feeling by employees that the employer trusts them in their jobs and professions and that all employees are treated fairly and justly in all actions and company pursuits. This means that each employee should be treated

In the workplace as well as one’s personal life is essential for ethics to be maintained; often taking the right action is not always the most popular choice. It is important for maintaining an upstanding ethical code of conduct to be a productive individual as well as function as an employee in the workplace.

Managers at MKD claim to exercise ethical behavior toward their employees. Describe three (3) matters this behavior might cover.

The first one that this organization is facing due to the increasing number of employees year to year, is in regards to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). The ethical dilemma that could potentially arise in the organization is the pay discrepancy towards some employees regarding employee overtime pay and compensation. If two employees engage in conversation and one brings up overtime and that other employee does not get overtime, it may have that employee questioning the pay scale within the organization. The other ethical dilemma this organization faces regarding employment law is how employee safety in the workplace is handled. The organization currently only has one certified safety position to oversee all activities in the company. This is a considerable ethical duty to uphold when it comes to overseeing three hundred plus employee. Violations and issues can be missed therefore resulting in fines, some substantial, to the organization if not

I enjoyed interviewing Lillian Thomas, Nurse Manager of NHC in Greenwood, South Carolina. The interview was held in her office on December 2, 2016. During the interview, we discussed the importance of ethics, nursing challenges, and how to behave in the workplace..

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.

Sometimes, in an effort to protect their jobs, further their careers or meet unrealistic objectives some managers may also experience ethical issues such as corruption (accepting bribes, abusing their power for financial gain), advertising (desire to oversell a product), sourcing raw materials (do they conduct business with a supplier who isn’t treating their staff fairly or whose methods are damaging to the environment), privacy (should the company record telephone conversations, access private emails and web sites that staff visit), safety (is the work environment safe or hazardous to the staff and community), salary (is the staff being paid fairly, in line with their job descriptions), communication (is information on a need to know basis, when a public announcement is made does the staff know first or last), and pricing (is product pricing set

I have worked in municipal for the majority of my career. I worked as a consultant in the private sector for almost five years before accepting another position in city government in another state. My career exposed me to ethical behavior, both good and bad, in the workplace, I also was able to view firsthand, deviant workplace behavior. My experience with both concepts came during my previous career in city government. After thirty years in city government, I had the misfortune to have my career be manipulated by the unethical behavior by an executive director in conjunction with deviant workplace behavior by my subordinates.

To address this ethical problem, I would use a combination of both “individualistic” and “communal” approach into account. According to individualistic approach, every person in an organization is morally responsible for his or her own behavior, and any efforts to change that behavior

A relativist would agree with how the situation was handled. The owner did not say who was wrong or right. His solution was to simply extend an offer to continue working for him with the option of transferring to another store he owned with no consequences given to the manager. There did not seem to be interested in the concept of right or wrong and was more concerned with being impartial and show respect for both of our points of views. He just wanted to forget the situation and move forward. This response bothered me at the time, but now I have a better understanding of the philosophy that was controlling the thought process of this situation. I am not in agreement with the logic that coincides with relativism, but the neutrality is comforting because the thought process does not look where to cast blame but instead it searches for a solution.

Eight Mistakes that Managers May Do That Negatively Affect Employees’ Ethical Decisions in the Workplace

Most employees want to perform their jobs successfully and ethically but good employer sometime make bad ethical choices.

Whenever an employee is facing a moral dilemma or an ethical issue they should report it to higher management to seek advice and to prevent an ethical or legal issue to occur again. That is one step in the