A relativist would agree with how the situation was handled. The owner did not say who was wrong or right. His solution was to simply extend an offer to continue working for him with the option of transferring to another store he owned with no consequences given to the manager. There did not seem to be interested in the concept of right or wrong and was more concerned with being impartial and show respect for both of our points of views. He just wanted to forget the situation and move forward. This response bothered me at the time, but now I have a better understanding of the philosophy that was controlling the thought process of this situation. I am not in agreement with the logic that coincides with relativism, but the neutrality is comforting because the thought process does not look where to cast blame but instead it searches for a solution. Common Ethical Decisions in the Workplace …show more content…
A more common ethical dilemma that is in the workplace would be using company equipment and resources for personal use instead of intended business purposes. The most common example is Wi-Fi being used on a personal cell phone. The internet connection is for company use and often employees will access the internet to get on social media sites, play games, or other activities that are not work-related. After many job experiences, I decided that a great idea to prevent myself from doing this I will keep my cell phone in my purse or car and make sure that my family has my work number in case of
Jerry Mason, senior vice president and general manager at Morton-Thiokol, and Morton-Thiokol were on the brink of negotiating the booster’ rocket contract renewal with NASA. Although, it is not an acceptable reason, we could see how engineers and others below the authority of Jerry could be afraid to state something contrary to what he stood by. When someone’s self-interest and pride gets in the way of engineering, it can neglect the welfare of the public, and cause them harm. This case study highlights many irresponsible, and ethical failures in a professional work environment. Jerry Mason failed to abide by the following impediments for responsible action; self-interest, ignorance, and group thinking.
In article seven, ‘How to Make Unethical Decisions,’ I read about how people choose to solve problems and make decisions. The highlighted problem associated, is that many people hastily make decisions without putting too much thought into them. Sometimes the use of ethical judgment can be put on the backburner and determining appropriate actions is heavily affected. It is important to analyze and understand commonly used unethical decision making practices, as well as look at appropriate guides that can assist in determining ethical actions.
Today, executives are having a rough time juggling between the demands of the workplace and those of their families and other personal responsibilities. In a bid to meet targets and other organizational goals and objectives, business executives in addition to traveling extensively also tend to dedicate long hours to office work.
Ethics and ethical decision making play a large role in the duties of the coroner, everything they can affects someone or something. The main ethic would be confidentiality; the only topics that are not confidential are cause and manner of death. Any other information can only be given to legal next of kin. For example, if the media call asking about a homicide the only information the office will release is the cause and manner of death. However, if the decedent’s next of kin calls we are able to release any and all information to them.
Ethical dilemmas are particularly sensitive issues in the workplace because the well-being of the individuals and the organization as a whole are at stake. Employees must feel as though they are being supported and not punished, and should not feel as though they were being put on display; their dignity should always remain intact. This paper examines how, as a high school principle, I would address the issue of one of the high school teachers becoming addicted to prescription drugs.
Ethical dilemmas, refers to the different testing choices individuals are faced with in their daily lives. These situations are designed to conflict each other in ways that choosing to conform to one, puts an individual in a difficult situation. Moral dilemmas are not short in the professional world, if anything; employees are faced with various transforming challenges in their workplace. Choosing one option, between the available ones, does not necessarily mean it is the best decision; rather, a person has to go with what is considered as a “lesser evil.” Social workers are required to carry themselves with the highest regards to morality and integrity, both within and outside the work places. As easy as the statement sounds, faced with circumstances that test moral behavior or integrity is a
In the workplace as well as one’s personal life is essential for ethics to be maintained; often taking the right action is not always the most popular choice. It is important for maintaining an upstanding ethical code of conduct to be a productive individual as well as function as an employee in the workplace.
Regardless of your occupation, employees have the right to privacy. Case 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct shows how Pettit privacy was violated. Pettit was a teacher of many years and never had a bad evaluation of her work. What she did outside of work was labeled unprofessional by the Board of Education and they chose to fire her because they believed she was unfit to teach. I disagree with them completely and they did violate her privacy.
Personal values may conflict with ethical decision making if those personal values are different than the organizational norms of the business or institution. Constructing, and maintaining personal ethics in the workplace rests with the individual, and how willing he or she is in assimilating to the evolving cultural dynamic of the corporate world. Many times a person find their personal, cultural and/or organizational ethics conflicting and must reconcile a course of action that will mitigate cognitive dissonance. In order to be a productive member of society, in small groups and globally, one must reconcile these conflicts on a daily basis and continually move forward while maintaining personal integrity and
Making ethical decisions is a complex process, involves morality and morality is relative this imply that never a decision is going to be completely right decision. This complex process involves three factors such as personal feelings, feelings can provide admirable behavior and people should follow their feelings but not every time also can lead to a really bad behavior this bring us that maybe to follow our feelings it is not correct at all when we are talking about making ethical decisions, the second one it is connect with the first one and is the individual conscience this is our sense if something is good or bad and it is more reasonable than the feelings; the third is the majority view involves cultural relativism, is to adopt a point
First and foremost, you need to identify the problem consider the significant of the contact and setting. We know she at a wine tasting she’s may be already drunk. She needs to be able to identify and utilize ethical and logical resources. she would need to stay calm consider the possible solutions to the problem at hand. And also consider the potential consequences of his actions. We already know he is acting aggressive with her by implying that he will tell the court “she is out to get him “the next step would be to make sure you have assessed the outcome and Implement changes if needed.
Many reports and lawsuits have been registered related to ethical and other legal issues in the workplace. Sexual harassment is one of the most registered lawsuits in the courts over the past several years. The news of this ethical issue is common in multi-national companies, political institutes, schools and colleges as well as military institutes. Because of this, many bright professionals have lost their careers; a huge amount of cash has been paid in legal settlements; there have been many devastated families; and the court has been compelled on numerous occasions to make changes in legislation related to this issue. However, everything has been changed with the new legislation. Now, there are certain aspects or laws that might not be acceptable, which were accepted ten years ago (Marshall, 2005).
In the last decade, the corporate ethic policy has evolved from a relaxed series of documents into a sequence of ironclad forms that define a defense from the actions of the generation at hand. Though I have not witnessed violation of company ethics by leadership, as a long term member of the management within a company, I have witnessed firsthand the ever-changing importance of having a policy for every employee as it relates to ethics within the workplace. Human Resource advisors have had to adjust to the needs for new discrimination protection; alongside the outline of a social media policy as it relates to standard forms of communication. With the explosion of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, every company instantly had to define what an acceptable action was, along with when communication through these mediums was acceptable. In the end, I view the management and definition of social media policy as the most important aspect of every corporation moving forward.
1. Discuss an ethical dilemma that you have had to face in the workplace. Ethical dilemmas
1. Ethics is a topic that sparks a lot of debate amongst different groups of people; it is hard to keep everyone in an organization happy. Research one ethical issue that is prevalent in the workplace and decide, as a leader, how you would handle it. Use Exercise 7-3 “Organizational Ethics” to aid you in your answer.