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Talking Blanket

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In today’s society, ethics and ethical decisions are more crucial than they have ever been in times past. Just because they are critical to the success or failure of a business does not make them any easier to deal with or achieve. Such is the case with “The Case of the Talking Blanket” as can be seen through the answers to some questions pertaining directly to this case study. Question one asks, “If you were Hans Amir, what would you say to Mr. Hartanto? Due in part to Mr. Amir’s need for a break in order to think, it is clear he does not possess normative myopia, therefore his response would follow ethical guidelines. Mr. Amir’s would most likely respond to the conversation by pointing out the requests were well outside the scope of anything he was authorized to provide. He would also state although he understood some companies offered such perks, it was not the policy of UPI to do so. Question two asks, “What would your reasons be for the answers?” Ethically and legally UPI had provided Mr. Hartanto with all …show more content…

Hartanto that the company could not meet his requests. The reality of the situation would lead one to expect at least a reiteration by Mr. Hartanto of his requests encouraging Mr. Amir to reconsider the company’s stance on the situation. If the company continues to decline to meet the request it is reasonable to expect Mr. Hartanto to move forward by establishing penalties because of the missing waste filter units as well as going back in creating written warnings in place of the verbal suggestions earlier on in the inspection. Mr. Hartanto has proven his unethical beliefs and behavior by making such unprofessional requests. The perceptual differences here are evident in the fact that Mr. Amir is making decisions ethically and Mr. Hartanto sees the bribes as being acceptable from his

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