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The Ethics Case Contemplation, Dilemma At Devil 's Den

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The ethics case contemplation, Dilemma at Devil’s Den, is an unblemished precedent of the challenges that can appear at an establishment that question’s the moral ethics of business. The Devil’s Den is a snack bar on a college campus, which employed approximately 36 students with 6 of them in management positions. Evening and weekend positions were difficult to fill, and wages were low, making employees valuable. Therefore, the managers were more flexible in their actions and correction measures were not enforced. In order for this den to carry on in an ethical manner it transpired to be a challenge and culture shock for all staff involved.
The daily activities happening at the Devil’s Den are unethical, some of them being minor issues, but in the case with ethics small things can become big things. The line is blurred as to where you draw the line. At the Devil’s Den, employees’ are allowed to eat things out of the store room when working. But, they were abusing this privilege by taking sizeable amounts of food home when their shift was complete as well as when they were off duty. In addition, customers and employee friends have been doing this as well, following suit of the employee’s actions since they were never confronted. On the same note of misconduct, one of the employees was actually caught stealing money out of the cash register. His only punishment was to stay away from the cash register from now on.
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