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George Stein And Paul Burnham Essay

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Identification of Dilemma
Who are George Stein and Paul Burnham George Stein is a college student on the East Coast. He has grown up in the suburbs with his family leading a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. His father is a salaried manager, able to ably provide for his family and thus, his mother is able to be a homemaker. George is your average middle class teenager, still undecided as to what he wants to do in society as the result of the “Social Cushion” of his parents’ status. George can afford to have choices and is dating with hopes to start a family of his own as he pursues his career options. George has choices and time to dream and as a result of his upbringing, he has a conscience.
Paul Burnham on the other hand comes out as a pragmatic fellow, shaped by …show more content…

In as long as they are seen to be doing their job it does not matter if the end product is suspect or unwholesome. For them “the end justifies the means”. There will be a product, which will be unwholesome but they will finish their quota and get paid.
In the second scenario, the very thought of either themselves or the consumers consuming a maggot filled milkshake is unacceptable. Consequently, production must be halted and the production line cleaned. This will take some time, inevitably resulting in them not meeting their quota and going home late. They will also affect the other shift resulting in possible censure from their managers. The overall good effect is that the customer will get a wholesome healthy product. That is the right thing to do. This is the Deontological ethical approach to management.
In conclusion, in life or in business as in this case, one must put others before themselves. In the deontological approach it is important to have consideration of the effects to others. It should no be about what one is gaining as an individual. One must look at the bigger picture, which is doing what is

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