...PD225 Applied Ethic Describe Ethical Dilemma An ethical dilemma can be referred to anything that happens or you do but you know it’s wrong. For an example: “Bringing a person back to life after an apparent death or in cases of impending death- Typically, a family wants to keep their loved one alive no matter what, but there are instances when the family wants to terminate treatment when a physician thinks it's premature to do so. Therefore “If the patient had a reasonable chance to recover, I would get an ethics committee’s opinion or ask the family to find another physician if they wish to terminate care” says, Dr. Prager. In this case, how should you ethically act in this situation? The only ethical way to deal with it is to report the scenario to the supervisor or the manager, before anything comes out of it to and affect you. The employee knows, so well, that what she did is unethical, and if she does take the money out for the dormant account and you know about it, then you are part of it. Therefore you should act first for your own good –report it! Another, way to solve unethical behavior in the working environment, is to talk to the person that has the issue and let him or her know what you can do to help. In my perspective for an unclear dilemma with an employee, is always do the right ethical thing. Employees sometimes find themselves in an unprofessional situation, caused by the lack of communication with the supervisor, and other employees. They must...
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... Business Ethics Reflection Before the ethical dilemma can be described, the understanding of values, morals and virtues must be explained. Values provide an internal reference of what is good, bad, beneficial, and important. Morals is relating to principles of right and wrong behavior; conforming to a standard of right behavior (Merriam-Webster, nd). Virtue identifies the duties or actions and the consequences of them (Stanford Encyclopedia, nd). Each of the concepts is interchangeable and unless knowing the parties involved in the ethical dilemma, the thought that either of these principles was neglected would not have been foreseen. A part of business virtues has a sense of pride, self-respect, the ability to harmonize with others in the workplace and establishing a position in the community. The value system is the written and unwritten codes or ethics that govern the decisions and actions within an organization. The business culture sets the standards for good and bad decision-making and behavior. Organizations attempt to hire employees whose values match their own. They try to find employees that “fit” their climate. They expect that all of the individuals within the organization are treated fairly, with respect, dignity and equality...
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...Introduction To Management Sharon Toney SUNY Empire State College Ethical Behavior In this chapter we look at the ethical behavior when it comes to business management. Ethics is defined as the code of moral principles that sets standards of good or bad, or right or wrong, in one’s conduct. You learn how ethical dilemmas complicate the workplace and how high ethical standards can be maintained. Social responsibilities and governance plays a part in ethical behavior as well. Ethical behavior is that which is accepted as “good” or “right” as opposed to “bad” or “wrong”. For the reason an action is not illegal does not necessarily make it ethical in a given situation. Values vary, so that brings up the question, “What is ethical behavior? Honestly it can be answered in many ways by different people for the reason of different values.Values help determine individuals behavior. Terminal values are preferences about desired ends, such as the goals one strives to achieve in life. Instrumental values are preferences regarding the means for accomplishing these ends. Among the instrumental values held important by managers are honesty, ambition,courage, imagination,and self discipline. The value pattern for any one person is very enduring, but terminal and instrumental values vary from one person to the next. This variation is a reason why people respond quite differently to situations and their ethical challenges. The utilitarian, individualism...
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...You Decide HSM542: Health Rights and Responsibilities Submitted by: Shweta Patil Professor: Donna Levesque September 15, 2013 Table of Content: I. Identification Identify the dilemma……………………………………….………………………………….03 What morals are involved?............................................................................................03 What morals are in conflict?..........................................................................................04 II. Information Get as much information as possible about the dilemma………………………………..04 Often this step is taken too quickly, without enough solid and detailed information, leading to bad decisions……………………………………………………………….….....05 III. Communication Talk with other healthcare professionals on the case………………………………….…05 Do they agree that there is a dilemma?........................................................................05 Do they concur with your understanding of the dilemma?............................................06 Do you know everything that they know about the case, and vice-versa?....................06 IV. Choice Decision………………………………………………….………………………………….…07 V. References References used……………………………………….………………………………….…08 I. Identification The ethical dilemma here is that Mrs. Margie Whitson, a 95 year old patient at Golden Oaks Rehabilitation Center, is going through tough times. She just lost her 73 year old son William to heart problems this week. She...
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...public relations with special reference to the professional conduct and character of the public relations consultant. Moreover, the students will also be told about the market and its related dilemmas as well as the public relations role in educating the market. Definition of A PR Consultant? " It is the provision of specified & creative services by an individual or a group of individuals qualified to do so by reason of experience and training by way of professional fees paid for its services by clients under an agreed contract." Advantages Of A PR Consultancy ·It is an independent advisor, able & willing to criticize. ·It has wide experience gained with many clients requiring diversity of techniques. ·It is familiar with more media than the staff PR manager. ·It has more facilities & has access to specialist services with whom good working relations are enjoyed, like printers, photographers, research units, translators etc. ·It has skilled specialist staff. ·It may have central urban location close to media, venues for receptions & suppliers of services. Disadvantages ·It is remote from the internal organization of clients. ·Generally works through only one person in the client organization, or at best through only a few people & lacks internal line of communication. ·It is limited in operations to the size of fee unlike the staff PR manager who works full time. ·It has to share loyalties between clients. ·It may know little about the client's trade, industry...
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...Running head: MY PROFESSIONAL MORAL COMPASS My Professional Moral Compass Pamela Chesnut Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V July 26, 2012 My Professional Moral Compass A professional moral compass is something everyone has and lives by. It helps assist in making decisions and is based on morals or virtues. My personal moral compass is directed by various inspirations, passions, and values that I try to live by. Compassion, loyalty, integrity, honor, faithfulness, hard work, service unto others, self-discipline, accountability, and a good sense of humor contribute to my worldview and philosophy of nursing. I try to give the same quality of care to all patients and their family members, which I would want to be given as if it were I or my loved one. A nurse uses their professional moral compass to make the best decisions for their patient. Nursing is all about the patients and without values, morals, and ethics nurses lose the focus on the patients. Values are the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group (“Value“, n.d.). Values are important because they can help influence decisions, actions, even nurse’s ethical decision making. Morals in nursing are the principles of behavior in accordance with standards of right and wrong. Ethics is about what kind of persons we are becoming – our character and how our choices shape us (“Ethics”, n.d.). The ethics of nursing is the nurse's...
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...many things in his career and that would have a major impact on the terrorist attacks of September 11 and U.S. invasion of Iraq. There were many intelligence directors that sever before him, but none that were more establish or had a drive for controversy. During George Tenet career, he played a big role in many events, such as invasion of Iraq and reorganization of the nation’s intelligence. Tenet involvement with the White House decision making, intelligence priorities, and his own agency kept him occupied (DANIELSON). George Tenet dealt with many cross coded ethical dilemmas, which were in violation of national and international human rights. He was also faced with ethical dilemmas and his dishonest to the People within the government. Tent was a laissez for Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat was an ethical concern to the United States. His involvement with those ethical dilemmas left a bitter impression on his effectiveness in more ways than one. When the CIA administrator chooses to act as laissez faire among Israeli prime minister and Yasser Arafat, some of his affiliates inside of his administration did not see it in a positive way. Tent always acts as though he was the best man for his position. This imperils his authority since people begin to question his leadership (DANIELSON) . There were many ways in which Tent would speak out about prioritization of ethical concerns. One way he made sure that the policies were implemented and not made...
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...CENTERD APPROACH AND TECHNOLOGY, BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION AND ETHICS RANA TARIQ RAFIQUE CASE Grapevine is an informal structure of business communication. It is called grapevine because it stretches throughout the organization in all directions irrespective of the authority levels. Despite existence of formal channels in an organization, the informal channels tend to develop when they interacts with other people in organization. An audience-centered approach means focusing on members of your audience so that the message is communicated in a meaningful way to them. This ability to relate to needs of others is key part of emotional intelligence which leads to successful managers and leaders. The more we know about the people we are communicating with, the easier it will be to concentrate on their needs which in turn will make it easier for them to hear your message, understand it and respond to it positively. Communication Technology is a Tool of interpersonal communication, rather then a replacement. Technology can not think for you, or communicate for you. You need efficient communication skills and then technology can be of any use. Communication technologies can save time and money but they can also waste time and money if not efficiently utilized. Take the example of videoconferencing, helps you communicate remotely resulting in reduction of traveling and other costs cost. For the companies to be too dependent on communication technologies is not possible because of...
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...major issues. At any one time people may face missing work due to a sick child, an elderly parent needing assistance, or being sick themselves. I have personally dealt with health issues which were sudden and serious. I was forced to be absent from my job for a month, and my employer has no one trained to do my work if I am absent. The result was a great deal of overtime and stress trying to catch up with missed assignments. A good manager would have trained other personnel to provide back-up coverage. I will explore this issue further in my example of an ethical workplace dilemma. In an economy that has forced both partners to work in order to provide for their family, managers face absentee employees on a regular basis. Pressure of just the main provider being at work while their partner stays at home and tends to the family very rarely exists anymore. Today we see families sharing responsibilities. Another potential ethical problem for managers is having employees who work more than one job to provide for their family. This may bring up a dilemma of loyalty. An employee could be viewed by co-workers as rushing through duties in order to be able to leave to go to another job. Mistakes made, damages done to product may be blamed by co-workers on someone who is seen rushing to complete their work in order to leave on a timely basis, whether or not the employee did in fact cause an error. Substance abuse causes major ethical issues for managers....
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...control whatever that come in their way. Conflict isn’t something that teams can control from time to time. It is natural. For example; before a baby start to walk, he or she have to face many challenges (crawl, fall etc.…). By natural I meant that conflict can occur whenever and anytime even thou if they are not prepare to face it. The important thing that teams should consider doing when conflicts happen is to think of a solution to solve it. Conflict isn't necessarily a bad thing. Conflict arises from differences between team members; the same differences that often make diverse teams more effective than those made up of people with similar experience. Having different point of view, experiences, skills, and opinions in teams are tasked with a project or challenge, the combined effort can far surplus what any team of similar individual could achieve. Teams must be open to these differences and not let them rise into full-blown disputes. Therefore, my research paper essay will be about all the outstanding dilemmas that my team members and I had faced. I will also provide research information that will help me determine how to improve my team performance. Then based on research...
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...Sime Darby's scandal 2010-11-18 12:20 World's leading listed plantation company Sime Darby has just celebrated its 100th anniversary and it has once again become a focus recently due to a project cost overrun scandal involving malpractices. When Sime Darby was said to have suffered a loss of RM2.1 billion in May this year, the market was shocked as Sime Darby has been a giant multinational conglomerate involved in five core sectors with a total annual turnover of about RM33 billion. Even the largest listed company is facing a management problem, we can actually imagine the situation of other government-linked companies (GLCs). It has seriously affected the confidence of investors in the stock market and supervision of the authorities. There are questionable points in its four projects, including the Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) Project which has lost RM526 million and the Bakun hydroelectric dam project which has caused a loss of RM340 million. Sime Darby decided to take civil action against certain individuals found culpable over the severe losses. It has reflected the seriousness of the situation and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should also take actions. The government must disclose the internal audit report of Sime Darby to tell the people the truth. Over the years, losses suffered by the GLCs would just be left unsolved without even an investigation. For example, the Bumiputera financial scandal in the early 1980s had caused the country a loss of RM2...
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...does formal communication differ from informal communication? Solution: Formal communication is a way to express ideas when ideas and information flow along the particular track in the organizational structure. Informal communication is also known as a ’grapevine’, in informal communication there appears to be no specific order. It occurs whenever two employees come in contact, be it a cafeteria or a smoking corner. Question No.3: In what directions can information travel within an organization’s formal hierarchy? Ans: Once we consider the organization itself – and how it is changing today two things effect the communication in the organization In a formal hierarchy, a) Directional flow b) Communication channels the communication flows in three directions; i) Downward Communication Downwards communication flows from executives to employees hence providing information. (ii) Upwards Communication Upwards communication flows from employees to executives providing grievances, problems, trends and opportunities thus allowing executives to solve problems and make intelligent decisions (iii) Lateral Communication Lateral l communication flows between people at the same hierarchical rank, and departments to help employee share information and coordinate tasks. Question No.4: What is grapevine and why should managers be aware of it? Ans:: Grapevine is an informal structure of business communication. It is called...
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...GAME THEORY & ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION LITERATURE REVIEW NATHALIA PALOMINO ID# 0501605 MARCH 1, 2014. FACILITATOR: SHELLEY WHITTLE Introduction This paper will firstly address game theory, Prisoners Dilemma which is a very prominent game and Bargaining. Asymmetric Information is also discussed along with a few examples of how asymmetric information relates to the business environment. The writer gives the reader a basic understanding of game theory and asymmetric information uses in a logical manner. As many opinions are combined to critically analyse the aforementioned. Game Theory A definition of Game Theory or something that appears to be a definition may be applied as such: An analytical or mathematical approach of examining strategic interaction when dealing with competitive situations in business decisions. As Keat, Young & Stephen (2014) did not give a clear definition of Game Theory. This definition stated business decision however, Martin (1978) stated that Game theory has proved useful in only war and economic. He states, “I see that at least three ways in which game theory has proved ‘useful’. First, it has led to practical advice on tactical decision-making in certain well defined situations, especially in military areas involving missile tracking and similar task (where the theory of differential games has led to results equivalent to control theory). Second, it has provided an occupation and amusement for thousands of government bureaucrats...
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...none- theless ‘‘a woefully complex maddeningly dynamic phenomenon’’ (Faure & Rubin, 1993, p. 228)(5). “Unity in diversity” is the perfect principle based on which any organisation succeeds. It is known fact that employees from various cultures contribute more effectively to organisations success than organisation working with single culture employees. But the authors of the article “Managing Multicultural Teams” (henceforth referred as core article) are of the opinion that cultural differences are sometimes capable of exacerbating challenges associated with effective team work. With the belief that multiculturism is timely need of 21st century, this essay strongly emphasises that multicultural teams often generate frustrating management dilemmas and works on solutions that a manger could implement to tackle this problem. A diverse or multicultural team by definition is not homogeneous. A homogeneous team tends to use the same words, meanings, expressions and speak the same language. They usually rely on same verbal and nonverbal cues to meanings. A classic example of this is Indians nod in a particular style. Western people find it difficult to interpret their nod while Indians are pretty comfortable with such style as they belong to same homogeneous group or team of people. On contrary a diverse team consists of people speaking different languages with different ascents. In such kind of team main problem is group cohesiveness where people tend to group up with people corresponding...
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...According to (Merriam Webster, 2010) ethics is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. When faced with a dilemma in a professional environment, we are often searching for the right way for it to be solved. The conflict with this issue is determining if our method or “right way” is aligned with the “right way” of the organization. In recent years there has been an insurgence of people from multi-cultured backgrounds appearing within all types of organizations. They not only bring varied experience levels, which add opportunities for growth and development to a workplace, they also bring their individual cultural views. An individual’s culture, religion, gender, or personal beliefs may greatly influence the development of his or her unique viewpoint on values and ethics. They can affect one’s work ethic, communication style and how they make decisions. Employers should be concerned with all of these factors as they will directly affect the organization’s success. Another reason for the increased need of organizational ethical standards is the company size. According to Ferrell and Fraedrich (2009), The Ethics Resource Center conducted the National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) of about three thousand U.S. employees to gather reliable data on key ethics and compliance outcomes and to help identify and better understand the ethics issues that are important to employees. The NBES found that observed misconduct is higher in large organizations...
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