Tanya Adams 2/5/2016 Prof. Business ethics Written Assignment-M5 Assigned questions: 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. --Federal law requires that employers pay a minimum wage and pay overtime, although some believe that the concept of a living wage is the more ethical standard. Explain and defend your position on whether you agree or disagree. * I agree …show more content…
An organization may want to ignore having a union and an employee might want to deal with an organization individually. In utilitarianism they would rather favor for all workers to receive equal rights and equal pay as long as it follows the moral code. * --Is it ethical for an employer to require as a condition of employment or use as a consideration for advancement promotion, that an employee participate in organizations apart from the business (ie. community non-profit organizations)? Does the type or nature of the organization make a difference? * I don’t think its ethically a requirement for an employer to have their employee participate in organizations in order to advance for a promotion. Most employees want to take liberty on their own to do things like that without having to be forced to do something. I think if an employer wants to make a decision on advance promotion it should be about the employee work ethics and hard work that leads to it. It should be an option for an employer to go to different organization to represent the company. In utilitarianism standards an organizational policy is considered good if it promotes happiness to the workers more than any other alternative. ( shaw and Barry pg.61) --Finally, some opine that employee pay should be tied in part to the compensation of the owner/chief operating or executive officer of the business, with the lowest paid employee being paid no less than a certain
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
1. Shaw and Barry distinguish two different forms of utilitarianism. What are these two forms? Briefly describe each and use examples.
Trade Unions are different individuals with the common interest to come together to guarantee that their interests of work place are not affected,
In a unionized environment, employers exert their power mainly by working against union organizing. Their most important goal is to be union-free. Efforts to control organizational costs have also contributed to employer’s resistance to unions. The management may work towards sidelining union membership by designing work in such a way that it creates a work culture that increases employee commitment and job satisfaction. Employers use a variety of methods to refrain worker’s from organizing campaigns and unionize. Their efforts range from hiring consultants to distributing leaflets and letters to presenting the company’s viewpoint at meeting with employees. Some employers also
After many rounds of discussion over union’s function and influence, we can understand why management wants to keep the union out, it 's very difficult to get the potential benefits of good union-management relations in reality, most of time, they have to deal with the conflict interests. While union membership is down, unions still play an important role in improving employees’ benefits, union provides employees a more powerful voice when dealing with management, in order to get better wages, safe and healthy working environment, and job security. Unions give employees a sense of belonging to protect their interests in case they become a vulnerable party in front of employers.
Ethical issues are “moral challenges” facing the health care profession (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p. 127). Ethical issues is a major concern in the healthcare field because healthcare providers observe ethical issues every day and have to make ethical decisions. Advance directives are written documents that addressed an individual’s medical care preferences. These documents usually take effect when patients no longer can make informed health care decisions for themselves. While these documents are helpful to loved ones and health care providers, there are a number of ethical considerations that can make the development and execution of advance directives difficult (Llama, 2014). This author is a geriatric nurse that
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Employers must respect the role of the union as the only and restricted agent of the employees. Respect between the employer and the union, on behalf of its employees, is the key to a successful relationship. The association between parties must adhere to the employer 's exclusive right to manage its operations and to direct its workforces. Both parties must identify and acknowledge their respective rights and obligations under labor and service legislation and, under a cooperative agreement, the rights and duties of the employees covered by this agreement (HR in an Unionized Workplace).
Scenario: You have worked at this organization for over 10 years and feel totally unappreciated. You have not received a promotion or pay raise in over 5 years, and you work long days and typically take work home with you to stay caught up. Your supervisor—who you despise because of the way he treats you and because he does not authorize any promotion or raise, whereas other departments do—climbs the staircase in front of your cubicle every day to get to his office. This particular supervisor has been with the organization for over 30 years and can essentially retire at any time, but he chooses to continue to work. You happen to notice that a portion of the staircase is rotting out and
In today's world, individuals can make a single decision that can have a profoundly positive or negative affect on their family, their employer, coworkers, a nation, and even on the entire world. The life we lead reflects the strength of a single trait: our personal character. Personal ethics are different for each person but for the most part, people want to be known as a good person, someone who can be trusted, and he or she are concerned about his or her relationships and personal reputations. As we go through this paper, we will focus on answering what are ethics, what are your ethics, where do your ethics come from, and how do you manifest your ethics?
In your opinion, do you agree that the merit pay and incentive raise process is currently ineffective and if so what suggestions would you make to improve it?
Employees’ of Company X are expected to have primary professional allegiance to the Company values. The purpose of this policy is defined as any situation or activity that may result in being a conflict with Company Xs’ policies or
A 19 year old college student and addicted gambler was pulled over for erratic driving on the Long Island Expressway. He pulled out a toy pistol and pointed it at the officer, he was then shot and killed. Another incident involving a 45 year old cancer patient had the same ending in new Jersey. He walked into a Pizza Shop and pointed a gun at the officers inside eating. Experts believe that they force the cops to kill them as a form of suicide. Suicide is difficult to commit and forcing an officer to kill you takes away the pressure of completing the task. Some insurance companies don’t cover suicide and religions forbid it so it is away of taking the guilt and shame away from common suicide. 10% of fatal police
An ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is not clear or when members of the health care team cannot agree on the right thing to do (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2011). S.Z. is a 65-year-old Hispanic man who was admitted to the hospital for the third time in 6 months, for hyperglycemia. He is now scheduled to be discharged but his daughter pleads with the nurse that she does not want her father discharged because he is non-complaint with his medications and diet at home. She says she has small children at home and can’t be responsible for him, too. She is worried sick that he is doing this on purpose because he has been so depressed since her mother, who did everything for him,
Industrial relations study has generally revolved around institutions of workplace governance, and their effect on the interests of different parties, supplemented on occasion by concern for employee voice. Business ethics has focused on individuals’ actions and on policies or rules that ought to apply to them, but has neglected workplace institutions. Between the two areas there is a gap, where studies about institutions of workplace governance fail to deal with issues of ethics at work and where studies of business ethics neglect institutional arrangements. Attempts to bridge the gap do not seem to have considered the effects which institutions have on individuals as ethical decision-makers, and the way that arrangements like incentive structures or effi ciency requirements can place individuals in ethical dilemmas or encourage them to ignore ethics entirely. In the design of workplace institutions, consideration needs to be given not only to the