As a Manager for the Company: What are the Company’s legal obligations under the law?  You are a Manager in a Fortune 500 Company with more than 15 employees.  A new employee… “Jim,” is starting work in your department.  Jim has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects motor and sensory functions of the human body causing loss of vision, loss of muscle control and other serious problems with the central nervous system.  While Jim’s symptoms are intermittent, there is a strong likelihood that they will worsen over time.  Accordingly, although Jim can perform the essential functions of the job, he requires disability accommodations to address the MS condition.

1) Are CEOs and key executives worth the large pay packages they receive? Explain. 2) Do you agree with Peter Drucker that corporate executives should receive compensation packages no larger than a percentage of the pay of hourly workers? Explain. 3) Do you think that executives in the broader public sector, such as hospital executives, should receive such large pay packages?

Read the article below and make a reaction based on the lessons learned.             Recent corporate scandals have heightened firm sensitivity to potentialethical breaches among senior executives. Through developing and communicatingwhistleblower policies, firms often hope to surface potential ethical lapses toquickly exhibit those involved. However, Renault recently learned that notevery allegation is true, and that often it is better to presume innocenceuntil guilt has been proven. In August of 2010 anonymous letter was sent to anumber of senior managers alleging that three leaders of Renaults Electric VehicleProgram had negotiated a bribe. An internal investigation revealed that thethree men held accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and it was believedthat these accounts were used to funnel bribes to them. Thus, the executiveswere fired in January 2011 with CEO Carlos Ghosn suggesting that the companyhad evidence that these individuals were passing along the…

Ethical Considerations. A company executiveaccidentally emailed you a confidential spreadsheet with thesalaries of all employees in the company. You took only aquick peek before deleting it, but you looked at it longenough to discover that other managers at your level areearning anywhere from 10 to 40 percent more than you are,even though you’ve been at the company longer than any ofthem. Based on this discovery, you believe you deserveconsideration for a raise. How will you handle the situation?

1. How do you think Praveen would handle the problem now? 2. What kind of human relations approach should Praveen take to rectify and prevent such problems?

Fred is a friend of yours and works with you at the same company.  He is a well-respected and trusted employee.  He has two young children and is a leader in his community.  You have discovered that Fred has embezzled $3,000 over a period of several years.  Although this is not much money for such a large company, you suspect that if you do not report him, the problem may get worse.  On the other hand, he has young children, and he has done so much good in the community.  If you report him, he may be fired and go to prison because your company has an aggressive anti-fraud program and fraud prosecution policy.  Should you report him or are there any other alternatives to deal with this problem available to you?

Two positions for employees who did not follow the rules of cerdibility?

What will you say when you find out that Mary lied on her résumé about having a master’s degree? Will you feel that Mary got what she deserved, or should her outstanding job performance have helped management look past this issue?

Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, commonly known as Acted is a French humanitarian non-governmental organisation that has three crucial ethical issues that have been faced by actual organizations throughout the years (such as equality at the workplace, racial and sexual harassment, corporate sustainability, corporate governance, corporate citizenship, environmental sustainability and/or globalization) and explain why it is essential for a management team to handle them.  You are expected to demonstrate an analytical knowledge and critical understanding of different ethical perspectives, including ethical business objectives. Give present specific examples of Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (Acted).

Why is it so difficult to specify “ethical” or “unethical” behavior?  How does this relate to the concept of determining “fairness”? What are some strategies a negotiator can use to determine whether a given behavior is ethical?