Values Paper

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” Samuel Jackson

The ethical dilemma that I would like to focus in on in my business is the ethical dilemma of spouses that are supervisors over there wives. This is a very serious dilemma and should be addressed in yours or my business atmosphere. This problem is unhealthy for a striving growing business and should not be tolerated by any means. From another perspective it may not look as an ethical dilemma, but working in the middle of this atmosphere you can clearly see the unethical practice of it. I will attempt to give you an inside view of the problems that are associated with spouses being supervisors over their wives and I will produce to you why this is an unethical dilemma. In this paper I will define all the relevant information using the four quadrants of the Potters box. I will show you the facts, just the facts. I will attempt to show you the eroding foundation of the loss of core values, the unethical principles behind it, and the loyalties that are compromised and destroyed in these situations. This dilemma is what we face in our business and it can and will be detrimental to any business. We will focus on the consequences that actions and policies have on the well-being of all persons directly or indirectly affected by the actions and policies. The most ethical one will produce the greatest balance of benefits over harms for all that are involved. We will also focus on the rights of all individuals involved. All persons involved have the right and entitlement to have other people act in a certain way towards them and in return are entitled to act in a certain way towards others. The moral obligations to the individual are crucial in a family work environment as this. The right of all individuals must be upheld to maintain a non-hostile work environment. We will look at the justice and the fairness of the entirety of all employees’ that are subject to this environment in the workplace. The portion on justice will include what is just, especially by the impartial adjustments of conflicting claims or the assignments of merited awards or punishments and including the rules of equality among individuals. This will also include the unfair favoritism toward certain individuals and not allowing a cooperative venture to be reached with all those that are included into the situations. Lastly, in this section we will talk about ethic of care. Ethic of care emphasizes a person as a part of an interdependent relationship that affects how decisions are made and cares for the individuals involved. Ethics is not definable, it cannot be implemented, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling. The first step in the development of ethics is a sense of unity that produces or is based on community of interests, objectives, and standards with other human beings. Albert Camus said it best when he said “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.” It is something that can not be controlled or saddled. It must be adopted into our very being. It should become the skeleton of our personal and business structure. Ethics is a foundation that all things should be built upon and not just something considered secondary The information presented as having objective reality concerning my claim of spouses being supervisors over their wives is that there is favoritism involved in their decision of who works where. For instance, we have a second shift couple, one is the supervisor and the wife is the production worker. When it comes to jobs, she seems to always get her choice of position on the jobs. Although, when it came to bidding on a salary job along with ten other applicants she was over looked as a potential applicant. I believe because she is opinionated and speaks her mind she did not get the job. She does do a good job though. She originally was not on the same shift as her husband, but she bid on a job to go to that shift to be with her husband. Of course, it made sense do so. Cheaper on gas, easier to work around schedules, allows her to be with your spouse and the pay is more. It produces a lot of turmoil among other employee’s; because of the fact they are married. It is possible that one of them could be moved to another shift, but, would that be fair seeing both of them possibly did what it took to get where they are? This situation is a great value to them as a married couple they get to spend some time together on their breaks and lunch that they would not normally do if they worked different shifts or if they worked at different facilities. Being able to ride back and forth from work together is a great benefit; understand the price of fuel these days. The value to the other employee’s is if they have a problem with her husband maybe it could be another angle at speaking to him. Also, she as an employee and her husband as a supervisor could be an additional benefit; she knows what he expects because she is married to him and understands his requirement better than some of the other employees. The loss of morality in this situation is that core values can so easily be manipulated and distorted in situations concerning his wife. The employees have lost their sense of value, honesty, and confidentiality with their supervisor because of this relationship. The employees do not feel comfortable working around his wife or even speaking to her concerning any matter because of a loss trust in other matters that are important to them. An unknown author once said, “He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own." This is so true when it comes to convictions in concern with principles in the work place. Principles are a code of conduct that everyone is expected to live by, assuming all other employees believe in the same code of conduct that the business believes in. Personal principles possibly may be greatly different from those of the business if the are not business focused or have the same vision of the company. This could be detrimental to the company and to those that work with this individual directly or indirectly. In my case of the spouse working for the husband I can see where principles are distorted or not even practiced due to the relationship of couple. The wife is not referred to as an employee but, as his wife. She is not compared to the general workforce as an equal with them, but in a higher position than them. She even believes to some degree that she is inferior to the other employees because she is his wife and he can do nothing to her if she makes a mistake and that also goes the same way for the husband he will not discipline because he is her husband. The loyalties in this situation are that the employees feel betrayed and believe that the wife of the supervisor is unapproachable. The other employees also feel that they are not being fairly treated in regards to their relationship with the supervisor. The gap in this relationship is because of the way that the supervisor treats his wife. The employees believe that she is given special treatment and they believe that that treatment should not be given because she is his wife. The wife should be treated as one of the other employees and not receive any sort of special treatment because she is the supervisors wife. The utilitarian focuses on the consequences that actions or policies have on the well-being ("utility") of all persons directly or indirectly affected by the action or policy.

a doctrine that the useful is the good and that the determining consideration of right conduct should be the usefulness of its consequences; specifically : a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest happiness of the greatest number • The principle states: "Of any two actions, the most ethical one will produce the greatest balance of benefits over harms."

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. [pic]Immanuel Kant quotes The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle. [pic]Albert Einstein quotes I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. [pic]Albert Einstein quotes

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Ethic of care ethic of care emphasizes a person as a part of an interdependent relationship that affects how decisions are made. In this theory the specific situation and context in which the person is embedded becomes a part of the decision-making process. It is important that we always keep in mind that our decisions may affect more than just one person. Whole families, other patients, and even the health care practitioners may be affected. Instead of considering the consequences or our duties, an ethic of care considers the situation that may involve a vulnerable, dependent, and weak person who needs the support of the community.

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