The Ethics Game Dilemma
Ethics 316
September 30, 2012
The Ethics Game Dilemma
The Ethics Game Simulation is a tool created to teach how the decision-making process affects various stakeholders, and the ethical value of the decision determinations. Business organizations have encountered new challenges of ethical awareness with the increased globalization of industries and markets. People of many cultures, social statuses, and religions are joined in various business opportunities and projects via the World Wide Web. Core values of many companies must consider general humanity as the employee versus specific geographic regions of people and societies.
The various results of the Ethics Game Dilemma placed values on decisions made
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Therefore, we consider it your responsibility to safeguard confidential information regarding the Company, its suppliers, its contractors, its licensees, its licensors, its investors, its corporate partners, its board members, its advisors, its customers, or even fellow employees, obtained in connection with your employment. We consider it to be one of your most important responsibilities not to reveal or divulge any such information unless it is necessary for you to do so in the performance of your duties. You should remember that access to confidential information should be on a "need-to-know" basis and must be authorized by your manager. Any breach of this guideline will not be tolerated and legal action may be taken by the
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The first scenario presented a breach of the Non-Disclosure Agreement by an anonymous source on a blogging web-site that revealed confidential information. Whereas 90% of the information was regarded either positive or neutral, the blog contained confidential information not to be released to the public. The perpetrator was identified by another employee in the Information Technology (IT) Department through illegal means; the IT guy hacked into the blogging employee’s home computer. A decision needed
An employee should uphold the confidentiality of information assigned to them by the company and its customers, except when revelation of such information is authorized or required by applicable laws, rules or regulations. “Confidential information” includes all records, non-public information related to the company and its business, customers, or vendors that come to an employee in the course of carrying out the employee’s duties and that can be value to competitors or damaging to the company or its business if revealed.
1. The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry.
If the founders claim there is no need to seek licensing for the UNIX software, that the additional 15,000 licenses are part of the business marketing model to secure additional funding and that no financial implications are pursuant to the action, and that WSIB was an oversight
The theories of virtue, utilitarianism, and deontology are similar in some aspects but for the most part are very different. Each of the theories will be explained to show their differences and the type of person that would gravitate towards that theory. Through the explanations one would also be able to consider where there morals or ethics may lie but can also see themselves in each theory.
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* Confidentiality – the steps that are taken when people’s information is not kept confidential and on a need to know basis
Directions: Complete the tasks below. Replace the highlighted text with your own answers. Copy and paste your answers to the student comments box in 1.07 and submit for grading.
Ethics can be defined as the principles, norms, and standards of conduct governing an individual or group. Business ethics involves employees, managers, and other important members of the organization. In the ethics simulation one was responsible for making important decisions regarding the company G-BioSport. Before making these decisions one had to go through four different lenses and steps of the critical decision making process. These lenses included the Rights and Responsibility lens, the Results lens, the Relationship lens, and the Reputation lens. After thoroughly going through each lens, one was able to make decisions based on virtues, values, and
* --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?
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An ethical dilemma is an incident that causes us to question how we should react based on our beliefs. A decision needs to be made between right and wrong. I have experienced many ethical dilemmas in my lifetime, so I know that there is no such thing as an ethical dilemma that only affects one person. I also know that some ethical dilemmas are easier to resolve than others are. The easy ones are the ones in which we can make decisions on the spot. For example, if a cashier gives me too much change, I can immediately make a decision to either return the money or keep it. Based on Kant’s, categorical imperative there are two criteria for determining moral right and wrong. First, there is universalizability, which states, “the person’s
The ethical game simulation is designed to provide insight to ethical dilemmas faced in business organizations and the lessons learnt assist those in the management positions, employees and other partners to make critical decisions that if taken lightly could lead the business down the drain. The decisions reached are to be ethical in that they have to follow the standard conduct governing the organization that is morals and values and ensure increased ethical awareness ADDIN EN.CITE Schrier20109(Schrier & Gibson, 2010)996Schrier, K.Gibson, D.Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values Through Play2010HersheyIGI Global9781615208456http://books.google.co.ke/books?id=vKFdDHDFNmoC( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_1" o "Schrier, 2010 #9" Schrier & Gibson, 2010). In the following discussion, we look at the process through which one undergoes to make decisions by weighing options and the best alternative endorsed in a repeated and experiential manner.
Running a business is about more than just making money. It requires adequate consideration to a number of issues, of which ethics is most certainly one. As a business grows and becomes more significant, it impacts the lives of people in so many ways. But without a clear understanding of business ethics, a company can lose its business by ruining its reputation and alienating employees, suppliers and the local community around it. With recent expansions in global businesses and the decrease of trade barriers worldwide, the importance of ethics in business has been further underlined.
Everyday we are tested as individuals to make the right choice. How we view ourselves as individuals and how others view us are directly correlated to our moral decision-making. But morals are somewhat misleading. What might be a wrong decision for one person might be a solution to another. So how do we define morals? Do we follow Gods’ moral rules because to do so would increase out likelihood of obtaining salvation in the afterlife? Or is it simpler than that. Is God going to deny our entrance into heaven because we have run a stop sign here and there? No. I believe our moral values are much simpler than that. I believe that our moral decision-making comes from our upbringing of what is right or wrong. Our parents and