...The Mysterious Blogger and the Veiled ID ETH/316 Ethics and Social Responsibility March 11, 2013 The Mysterious Blogger and the Veiled ID The ethical issues that are presented in: The Mysterious Blogger and the Veiled ID; were the leaking of confidential information by an employee and in the second dilemma was an employee who is Muslim could not remove her head scarf for a photo. My name is Stephanie Tetting Director of Safety and Efficiency for G-Bio Sports. In this dilemma there are two employees Jamal Moore and Aaron Webb that are involved in this situation. Both of these individuals could potentially cause great harm to the company and the IT system; Aaron was able to leak information that is confidential to the company from Aaron’s home computer. Jamal, a G-Bio Sport IT technician located the leak by hacking into Aarons’ personal computer seeing his personal business. Jamal and Aaron are both good employees and considered an asset to the company; it is now my responsibility to deal with both of these employees by reaching a decision on how to handle this dilemma. First I need to consider who is directly involved by my decision, those who will be affected are: Board of Directors, Human Resources, and the two employees. Company policy must be followed accordingly to ensure my position within the company is not jeopardized. Aaron Webber felt he was not in the wrong, since he felt he had the right to free expression. What he did not realize was that...
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...Mysterious Blogger/Veiled ID Torey Flowers ETH/316 July 21, 2013 George Price The ethical issues that were presented in the Week Three Ethics Game Simulations were from The Mysterious Blogger and The Veiled ID. The ethical issues on “The Mysterious Blogger” were whether the information obtained by Jamal Moore, the IT Tech was enough to discipline Aaron Webb, the blogging employee for violating the NDA policy. As for “The Veiled ID”, the ethical issue had to do with how to develop and implement a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodating special needs. The decision making process used to work on these ethical issues were based on the job descriptions given by the simulation. These decisions were made to protect the interest of shareholders and to prevent possible discrimination lawsuit against the company. Everyone involved from investors to company employees will be affected by any ethical decisions that arise out of this issue. It will also have an effect on the community, based on the decision that is made. Doing what is morally right and fair for the primary stakeholders and the community at large is what influenced my decision making in the simulation. You must keep in mind that you are not the only one that is affected by the issue. Whether directly or indirectly, there are numerous people who will be affected by the issue and by the outcome of the decision that’s made. Apart from doing the right thing and following...
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...Individual Organizational Issues – Simulation Reflective Summary The ethical issues that were presented in the Week Three Ethics Game Simulations were from The Mysterious Blogger and The Veiled ID. The ethical issues on “The Mysterious Blogger” were whether the information obtained by Jamal Moore, the IT Tech was enough to discipline Aaron Webb, the blogging employee for violating the NDA policy. As for “The Veiled ID”, the ethical issue had to do with how to develop a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodating special needs. The decision making steps taken to work on these ethical issues were based on the job position giving by the simulation. These decisions making were to protect the interest of shareholders and the effects on a long and short terms. Everyone who made a contribution or an investment to the company will be affected by any ethical issues that arise or are brought up by the organization or an employee. It will also affect the individual and the company. Apart from always doing the right things and following company’s rules, it is also about protecting the shareholders and the interest of the company. If the companies policies are broken in any way, a good decision has to be taken that will produce the best outcome in the situation, that way order and discipline will be maintain within the company. The ethical perspectives that were used to make the decisions taken during the simulation were based only on some...
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...The ethical issues that were presented in the Week Three Ethics Game Simulations were from The Mysterious Blogger and The Veiled ID. The ethical issues on “The Mysterious Blogger” were whether the information obtained by Jamal Moore, the IT Tech was enough to discipline Aaron Webb, the blogging employee for violating the NDA policy. As for “The Veiled ID”, the ethical issue had to do with how to develop a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodating special needs. The decision making steps taken to work on these ethical issues were based on the job position giving by the simulation. These decisions making were to protect the interest of shareholders and the effects on a long and short terms. Everyone who made a contribution or an investment to the company will be affected by any ethical issues that arise or are brought up by the organization or an employee. It will also affect the individual and the company. Apart from always doing the right things and following company’s rules, it is also about protecting the shareholders and the interest of the company. If the companies policies are broken in any way, a good decision has to be taken that will produce the best outcome in the situation, that way order and discipline will be maintain within the company. The ethical perspectives that were used to make the decisions taken during the simulation were based only on some options that were giving in each scenario. In the simulation there was no...
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...Ethics games, the manager was faced with two dilemmas. In the Mysterious Blogger, the manager of safety and efficiency was made aware of an employee that blogged about confidential company information. Another employee then took it upon himself to find out who the individual was. This employee then illegally obtained the information of the blogger by hacking into his home computer. The main issue for the manager was to determine whether or not she should use the information obtained illegally to discipline the employee that violated the non-disclosure agreement. In the Veiled Identity, the manager was in the process of implementing a security system and was leaning towards a system that used photo identification as a means of entry into the building. The manager was made aware of a Muslim employee who would be breaking the rules of her religion if she were photographed without the traditional veil. The main issue was in developing a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodates special needs. The decision making steps used in choosing the best options for each dilemma consisted of first determining the issue and the stakeholders. Once these are determined, the use of the Rights and Responsibilities lens, Results lens, Relationship lens, and Reputation lens help the manager to weigh the outcomes in order to make the best decision. In the case of the Mysterious Blogger, the issue was determined as whether or not the manager should...
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...University of Phoenix on real-world situations. It was written as a tool to help educate students on ethical decision-making. The simulation The Mysterious Blogger was chosen by the author to analysis is based on a company called G-BioSpot. A leading edge sports nutrition and supplements company founded by Carson Nelson, and Rian Miller. After working in the nutrition industry 10 years theydecide to open their own company (University of Phoenix, 2012). The author will review the simulation using the Barid Method decision-making process, and provide G-BioSpot with the best solution on their dilemma. The Mysterious Blogger The scenario in this simulation is the organization has a new computer security system and an employee has violated the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) by posting information about the company on a public blog. The blogger posting are about the security system and products. One of the IT employees without consent of the company hacks into the bloggers account and obtains the identity. The IT employee forwards the information to the Manager of Safety and Efficiency. Jorge from IT sees the anonymous e-mail sent to the manager and reveals the identity of both. The issue the Manager of Safety and Efficiency has is to whether use the information provided illegally to discipline or fire Jamal Moore (IT) and Aaron Webb (blogger). To make a bias ethical decision using the Baird Method: 4+1 Decision Process and two ethical lenses are essential. Following these decision-making...
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...Organizational Issues Ethics and Social Responsibility/ETH 316 December 10, 2012 University of Phoenix Organizational Issues Ethics are a set of principles or values that help guide people to determine if something is right or wrong. They influence decisions that people make everyday. They are also the principles and standards of conduct the guide an individual or a group. In this week's assignment I opted for the EthicsGame simulations: “The Mysterious Blogger” and “The Veiled ID” The two simulations provided different ethical issues. “The Mysterious Blogger concerns the issue obtaining information that was illegally obtained to prove that an employee violated a non-disclosure agreement. Aaron Webb is an employee working in the MD department and posted confidential information in a blog concerning the company. An IT tech, Jamal Moore felt that his supervisor was not taking the situation seriously. He took it upon himself to hacked into Mr. Webb's home computer and found incriminating evidence. In “The Veiled ID” concerns the issue of protecting employees while also protected their rights and special needs. The company is beefing up security due to an unfortunate situation. The solution is to have each employee where security badges with a photo ID. Atsha Mullah religious belief is not to be seen without her veil to anyone other than her family and the photo would be in violation of that belief. In both simulations the solutions...
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...The Mysterious Blogger In the case of the mysterious blogger the associate director of operations has put in a new security system but Jamal Moore hacked the system. He did this only because there was an unidentified employee who was posting company-related information on a private blog. Jamal Moore is one of the company’s IT employees but he retrieved the bloggers identity from his house without the company’s consent. Jamal Moore discovers that the mysterious blogger is Aaron Webb. He sends this information over to the Associate Director of Operations an e-mail with this information. The associate director of operations has to decide if it would be ethical to use the information that Jamal Moore provided to discipline Aaron web for violating the non-disclosure agreements (NDA) of the company. Depending upon the lens there are different decision-making steps will be used ethically to address the issue but the first step is to determine who the primary stakeholders are. The associate director of operations used the rights and responsibility lens and the result lens. She has to determine what duties she owes the primary stakeholders. That will assist her in deciding which option best fulfills the requirement of this lens. This would be to “fire Jamal Moore for his unsanctioned illegal activity. Fire Aaron Webb for violating NDA.” When the rights and responsibilities lens was used the associate director of operations was rational and treated the employees equally. With the results...
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...Ethics-Game Dilemmas Carlos E. Nieves Marfisi Ethics and Social Responsibility- ETH/316 November 19, 2012 Mary Carter Individual Organizational Issues – Simulation Reflective Summary The ethical issues that were presented in the Week Three Ethics Game Simulations were from The Mysterious Blogger and The Veiled ID. The ethical issues on “The Mysterious Blogger” were whether the information obtained by Jamal Moore, the IT Tech was enough to discipline Aaron Webb, the blogging employee for violating the NDA policy. As for “The Veiled ID”, the ethical issue had to do with how to develop a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodating special needs. The decision making steps taken to work on these ethical issues were based on the job position giving by the simulation. These decisions making were to protect the interest of shareholders and the effects on a long and short terms. Everyone who made a contribution or an investment to the company will be affected by any ethical issues that arise or are brought up by the organization or an employee. It will also affect the individual and the company. Apart from always doing the right things and following company’s rules, it is also about protecting the shareholders and the interest of the company. If the companies policies are broken in any way, a good decision has to be taken that will produce the best outcome in the situation, that way order and discipline will be maintain...
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...Organizational Issues Ashley Anderson ETH/316 March 6, 2014 Organizational Issues The ethical issues presented in Week Three Ethics Game Simulations were from the Mysterious Blogger and The Veiled Id, the ethical issues address in game simulation of "The Mysterious Blogger" was whether or not the material gained by IT Tech, Jamal Moore was ample to control blogging employee Aaron Webb for violating the NDA policy. The ethical concerns for the game simulations for "The Veiled ID", was to address how to improve a security policy that would accommodate the special needs and the physical safety of the employees'. The decision-making steps one took to address these issues are base on the situation one held "The Mystery Blogger" one was able to conclude the best avenue ethically to approach in order to take action on both issues address in the game. First, this authors decision-making capability are base on protecting the interest of the shareholders and how these conclusions could affect the shareholders in both short and long-term. Ethical issues that ascend within an organization or business but also harm an individual employee, but it will harm the business and anyone who has made an investment in the business or business. Apart from shielding the interest of shareholders and the company, it also comes down to always subsequent company policies and doing the right thing. If organizations policies are broken in any way, shape or form, this author would be...
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...skill set involved the use of the four ethical lenses. The lenses include the Results Lens, Rights/Responsibility Lens, Relationship Lens, and Reputation Lens. The second skill involves the use of the Baird Decision Model which is a five-step process that gives a systematic approach to the resolution of an ethical dilemma. The five steps of the Baird Decision Model include: * Step 1: Be Attentive * Step 2: Be Intelligent * Step 3: Be Reasonable * Step 4: Be Responsible * Step 5: Be Reflective The combination of the ethical lenses with the decision model provides the groundwork to come up with, good value based, solutions to ethical conflict (Rian Brown, 2014). Mysterious Blogger The first ethical conflict that was presented was that of the “Mysterious Blogger.” In this simulation the Director of Information Technology, who is responsible for managing all internal information system functions which include systems programming, application programming, networks, and computer operations, is presented with an employee who is leaking the proprietary company information to the public through a blog sight as an anonymous writer. There is also a second employee has taken it upon himself to trace the information back to the sender, hack into his personal computer to determine the identity of the employee that initially leaked information. In applying the Baird Decision Model, the first step in resolving this issue is to be attentive to the fact that there...
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... Ethical Issues In this paper many questions will be answered. Upon completion of the simulation the ethical issues will be discussed and the decision-making steps taken to address ethical issues? What ethical perspectives, or lenses, were used to make the decisions in the simulation? How may concepts from this simulation relate to the workplace? In the Mysterious Blogger the issue to be addressed was the situation, including Jamal Moore and Aaron Webb should be addressed. The details included information from the company that had been made public information by Aaron Webb. Jamal Moore was the employee who picked up on this information and reported it to the company. The issue at hand was how to handle this action appropriately to minimize the damage to the company’s reputation. The stakeholders affected by this action included the Chief Legal Officer, Manager of Safety and Efficiency, VP of Human Resources. Also included in this process are the two employees associated with this specific situation. Many components went into the...
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...ETHICS GAME DILEMMAS In selecting the Ethics Game Dilemmas simulation, two in-depth situations were presented that identified dilemmas in very different areas. Both situations dealt with ethical issues inside a business setting. Yet, each situation’s dilemma, while within a business setting, brought in two very different types of issues that are relatable in today’s business world. In the simulation titled “The Mysterious Blogger,” a company regulation stated that it was against the rules for an employee to release certain company information. It was found through a general search of the internet by the IT department that a blog contained information about the company. The information did not contain proprietary information about any of their products, but did raise an issue regarding the safety practices of the company. It was determined that this type of information could only come from an employee. A certain IT employee took it a step further and hacked into the home computer of the anonymous blogger. It was found that it was indeed an employee of the company that posted the information. After hacking into the personal computer of the employee, the IT employee sent an anonymous email to the Director that contained the name of the employee who posted the blog. The ethical issue in this situation was how to deal with the employee who put the company information regarding the safety practices of the company on the internet and how to deal with the IT employee who...
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...Flanders´ promotion through Chocolate Flanders´ promotion through Chocolate CUNY Jérôme JANEGOVÁ Lenka MOHAN Shivanand TSITSOULIS Nikolaos CUNY Jérôme JANEGOVÁ Lenka MOHAN Shivanand TSITSOULIS Nikolaos 20. 11. 2013 20. 11. 2013 Flanders’ promotion through Chocolate I. The passionate communities After an intensive search on Internet we did not find very popular blogs and forums that focus solely in chocolates or sweets or candies. Their importance and popularity was measured based on their ranking and visitors’ country (in order to ensure that they are visited by English-speaking counties) in Alexa.com (Alexa is a company that provides analytics for websites) and based on the number of subscribers, likes on Facebook and followers on twitter. Another limitation was that almost all those blogs were not associated with traveling in order to taste chocolate and sweets. Therefore we decided to look for food blogs. Generally speaking we found out that food blogs are more popular – based on the factors that are mentioned above – which seems to be logical as the topic of food is broader than the topic of chocolates. Here are some examples: 1. Chocolate-covered Katie (http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/ ) Chocolate-covered Katie is the most influential blog in terms of Facebook likes (around 76000) and Twitter followers (almost 15000). The blog states that you have...
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...mind that they are not the only one being affected by the matter at hand. If policies of the company have been violated then it is the company’s duty to make a comprehensive decision that will be in the best outcome for the company and its shareholders. And besides from following company policies and procedures and just do what is right it is again about protecting the best interest of the shareholders and the best interest of the company. There is also a substantially amount of people that will be either directly or indirectly affected by the decision. Concepts from this simulation relate to my workplace in the same manner, I drive a school bus and policies state that we are not allowed to wear a covering over our face. The Mysterious Blogger • What were the ethical issues presented in the...
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