Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper Alicia Huff GEN 480 June 19, 2012 Alexander Dunham Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper Although everyone experiences a dilemma in the workplace at least once in their life, the most important aspect of the dilemma is to learn from it and gain some knowledge and wisdom that can be used the next time you are faced with dilemma within the workplace. Furthermore, while experiencing these dilemmas in the workplace we have to ensure that it is not a
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discussed in the Organization Development and Change text for the course. The ethical dilemmas include: misrepresentation, value and goal conflict, as well as technical ineptness. Professional values are also displayed in this case with opportunities. Stepchuck, Todd’s boss, misrepresented the firm’s situation to Todd when giving her the assignment. Todd was caught off guard when the firm’s entire senior management team was present at the initial meeting when Stepchuck told Todd it would be a meeting
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Cathcart and Klein, 2007). Principle II Confucianism: Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. This is a rather robust criterion. But its limitation is that it says nothing about what you should do. Dilemma Ethical decisions often yield a dilemma. Suppose that you were the CEO of investment bank XYZ in 2005. The debt/equity ratio of the bank was 20. All of your competitors raised their debt/equity ratios to 30 to please the stock market so that their stock prices
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| Ethical Issues and Management Paper | | Demarcus Boyd | University of Phoenix | 1/16/2011 | | In today’s business environment, the management team helps a company succeed. Managers are responsible for many tasks such as: making sure their employees are doing the job properly and on time; making certain that expectations and goals are clear and being met; making sure that the employee’s needs are being met; making sure that the employees are following company policies and procedures
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Management of the Absurd As a management consultant with more than twenty years of experience, I am faced with the unsettling reality that in my field everything works and nothing works. What I mean by that is virtually any technique or approach to change managerial behavior and improve organizational performance will work--in the short run. And every one of these techniques or approaches over time will fade and disappear, leaving no trace of its ever having been tried. The managerial response
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Module 3: Ethics Case Analysis UMUC UCSP-615A_9055 28 July 2015 Amy L. Pancio TurnItIn Score - 9% Introduction The case title, Quality Management – Signing off on a Substandard Product from Santa Clara University, is the basis for the following analysis. This case is based on Lauren who is a newly employed quality engineer whose job it was to make certain that the specifications of the customer’s needs are met based on a product her company was supplying. The technology company that
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American Red Cross Fundamental management problem/possible solutions The fundamental management problem is the lack of organizational culture and communication between the different American Red Cross chapters. The lack of organizational communication has led to several chapters providing overlapping services to adjacent chapters. The Chapter Enrichment Program (CEP) was then developed and implemented to correct the many reoccurring problems within the chapters. Though the CEP brought together
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year most stores are allowed anywhere from $2,000-$3,000 of items that could be wrote off for the year. As months pass Mike notice that three co-workers are robbing the store blind, but he in fact notices this for several weeks to come. Mike dilemma was to investigate a little while longer or let the district manager know about the situation right now, which he knows is the correct thing to do morally. If Mike waits any longer he risk the opportunity of even being selected for district manager
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the right questions Ask about a dilemma and how it was resolved Hypothetical ethical dilemma Current business ethics in the news Have an Independent Board of Directors Ensure organizations future, policies, and objectives Do not do enough questioning of management’s decisions for ethical standards More interested in what to gain than what’s best for company Conflicts of interest hamper ability to make good decisions Most Boards Rely on management to keep informed No time, skill
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MMPBL 550 Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. Best Snacks Inc. have held the number one or two position in the snack arena giving exceptional and secure investments for their investors. In the past two years, sales have dropped drastically, the market shares have decreased and stock prices were spiraling down. The Vice President of Organizational Development, Sabrina McKay is a valuable asset with exceptional expertise that involves several organizational development initiatives. However, due
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