1. Ethical Issues
Bribery is offering, providing or receiving something of value – including cash, gifts, hospitality or entertainment – as an inducement or reward for something improper. Usually, but not always, it’s to obtain or retain business or some other illegitimate advantage.As per any company's policies, Mr Smith is required to decline gifts, financial benefits or other benefits from a supplier for performing official duties. Furthermore, Anita Loo's offer can be perceived as a form of bribery, and by Mr Smith accepting the trip, it may pose as a not only a violation of Practical Solution Pty Ltd's code of conduct, more precisely their fair treatment and equal opportunites policy, but it's also consequently breaking the law concerning business practices.
Dogto Ltd. goes against professional ethics by engaging in collusive practices, including offering a Practical Solution Pty. ltd. employee (Mr Smith) inducements or incentives, in the form of a pre-paid trip for him and his family to Los Angeles and Disney World, designed to improperly influence the conduct of their dutie...
The movie “Glengarry Glen Ross” presented a series of ethical dilemmas that surround a group of salesmen working for a real estate company. The value of business ethics was clearly undermined and ignored in the movie as the salesmen find alternatives to keep their jobs. The movie is very effective in illustrating how unethical business practices can easily exist in the business world. Most of the time, unethical business practices remain strong in the business world because of the culture that exists within companies. In this film, the sudden demands from management forced employees to become irrational and commit unethical business practices. In fear of losing their jobs, employees were pressured to increase sales despite possible ethical ramifications. From the film, it is right to conclude that a business transaction should only be executed after all legal and ethical ramifications have been considered; and also if it will be determined legal and ethical to society.
Staples Inc is a firm that operates in the office products industry where it sells a wide range of office products, furniture, and equipments through various retail outlets in the United States and 20 countries across the globe. The company provides its products and services to customers through various ways including catalogs, the Internet, and its subsidiaries like Staples UK Limited, Medical Arts Press, Inc., and Quill Corporation. Since its inception the company has continued to experience tremendous growth to an extent that it’s currently the leader in the office products industry with a workforce of more than 10,000 employees. While the company seeks to grow and develop across the global marketplace as a social responsible organization, Staples Inc. does not have an ethics program. Consequently, the firm needs to develop an effective ethics program based on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations.
After looking through the codes of ethics in which were presented, I decided to compare and contrast the American Psychological Association (APA) code of ethics to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Officer (IACP) code of ethics. When comparing the two codes, I was quite surprised as to what I came across. For example, she APA code of ethics is quite comprehensive in comparison to the IACP. For example, the APA code of ethics sets forth general principles, ethical standards, rules and procedures to follow, possible sanctions one could receive, and provides guidance for psychologists and organizations who choose to adopt them. Where as, in comparison the IACP code of ethics is barely a code of ethics as it represents more of what a police officer should do in comparison to what they should not do, as it does not provide any guidance for police officers, general principles, rules and procedures to follow, possible sanctions, or adequate guidance. When comparing the two codes, I also noticed, that while no code is ever able to be completely exhaustive, the APA code of ethics is more specific, offers a substantial amount of content and information in their code, as it is eighteen pages, in comparison to the IACP code of ethics, which is very broad, less detailed, full of “fluff” and merely two pages in length. I believe the most
Here, the dilemma is that Stanley is leaving a firm to open a new one and plans to take some of the clients as well as some of the employees with him. This is a common move in the corporate America society, which is not considered illegal. However, there are legalities and ethical considerations when it comes to taking information or retaining part of the client base. Generally, clients belong to the company and not to the employee, but there are different rules regarding different practices. In reviewing a chapter in th...
Organizational leaders are responsible for establishing standards of behavior and for effectively communicating those standards to all managers and employees in the organization. One of the traditional ways by which organizations and top management have fulfilled this responsibility is through the use of code of ethics or codes of conduct. The code of conduct acts to clarify what behavior is expected to the employees. It provides employees with a chance to confirm whether their behavior is acceptable to the company. It also allows employees to try to convince others and warn them of their inappropriate behavior (Carroll & Bunchholtz, 2011, p. 255).. This paper will create an ethical code of conduct for Angelique Home Care. This paper will also
This paper is intended to cover the ethical dilemma’s and responsibilities that a business will face and the moral, social and ethical standards that should be kept. The ethical standards that are acceptable by the organization must be written and verbally enforced. How the employee 's react is up to the moral and ethical standards that the individual employs. These standards however can be supported by the employers and fellow employee 's that uphold those standards. The paper will be outlined into three main segments: Introduction, Body and Summary. Within the Body of the paper there are three subsections: April 's Ethical Dilemma, Employee 's Roles and Responsibilities, and The Organization 's Role 's and Responsibilities.
These same standards must apply to all levels of the company for the company to thrive. Vicki Vice-President failed in all three areas, ethical reasoning, the application of morals and ethics to a situation, duty-based ethics, the idea that every person has certain duties to others, and outcome-based ethics, which focuses on the action itself and the impact the decision has to maximize benefits and minimize harm (Cross, Miller, 2015). First she was appointed into a key position within Ace, which came with certain obligations that needed upheld. The Board, which appointed her, specifically stated that all negotiations with Widget were to cease unless the Board approved such a venture. Second, Paul President invited key officials from Widget for a full day visit at Ace, which allowed them access to loan files and Ace procedures. Third, in an effort to avoid a dilemma, Vicki Vice President eluded Paul President’s invitation to be present during the day of the visit with senior officials at Widget by stating that her conscious would not allow her to participate, and therefore would work from home. The decision of the board to cease and desist their negotiations with Widget could come from corporate social responsibility in which Ace considered its decision on the impact it would have had on its customers, creditors, and the community in which it operates. Clearly speculation, but at least it has
For this paper Washington Mutual has been selected to show how the ethical decision making process can be achieve. When it comes to business ethics in the workplace Washington Mutual has designed what can be considered a well balanced workplace with behaviors that are aligned with their moral values and business ethics. Business ethics are sometimes depicted as resolving conflicts where one option can appear to be the correct choice. There are many different ethical dilemmas that are faced by managers and leaders everyday that are highly complex and have no clear choice or guidelines to assist in making the choices for resolution. There are times when an employee has to decide whether or not to cheat, lie, steal, or break their contract. These ethical decisions are real-life situations where they are forced to make on a daily basis. This is why it is ultimately important that all employee know the six steps to ethical decision making that the company uses.
Challenges with making a mandatory education system might stem from the diversity of the nursing profession and the continuing education. One example of the diversity in nursing would be the needs of a Urology nurse might be drastically different from the needs of a school nurse. Another problem may be seen with difficulty accessing proper education or insufficient continuing education. Mandatory continuing education could be challenging for those nurses whom are between jobs and having to pay for continuing education out of pocket, or are unsure of which continuing education they should obtain when between jobs. Finally, a disadvantage of
The ethical climate at Next Step appeared to be questionable at best during Ramona’s recruitment. The lack of commitment to the company’s code of ethics on the part of the recruiter showed Ramona that the statement is nothing more than a promotional gimmick. The purpose of an organization’s code of ethics is the moral guidelines that determine acceptable behavior and enshrine regulate a core value and belief system (McNutt & Batho, 2005). However, in the case of Next Step the formally stated code of ethics does not appear to be the true integrated organizational code of ethics. Typically, the adopted code of ethics is due to the organizations managers’ behavior and the imitation for good or bad by the employees of that behavior (McNutt & Batho, 2005).
It is very important for every business to have a global code of conduct as it sets a comprehensive ethical and behavioral guideline about the decisions that the organization makes in their everyday activities. A global code of conduct makes sure that all of the organizations standards are set high for conducting effective business in both a legal and ethical manner. All of the employees within the organization are expected to comply with all of the guidelines and polices that are stated in the global code of conduct. The global code of conduct gives the organization the opportunity to be able to make it extremely clear to all of its employees and also stakeholders of how the organization seeks to do business. The global code is one of the most important keys to being able to adopt ethical communication within your organization. This code should focus more on the value system that the global company uses rather than on how the employees act with respect to the laws of their local jurisdiction. The code must also include all business lines, employees, and departments. Although it can be really difficult to cover all of the aspects at a global level, you must try to add different sections that cover all the different jurisdictions related to the local subsidiaries. Most importantly, organizations need to realize that the code has to be updated with the move of time and employees must always be informed when there are changes that are made to the code. Along with all of this, some of the things that I would also include in my organizations global code of conduct would be:
The code of conduct, performance ethics is a document produced by the Health and care professional council. The contents of the document consist of duties in the form of standards which must be met by all registrants of the HCPC (including biomedical scientists). These standards can be located on the HCPC’s website at: http://www.hcpc-uk.org/assets/documents/10004EDFStandardsofconduct,performanceandethics.pdf.
Ethics play a vital role in day-to-day living from work to home. The ability to recognize ethical dilemmas and apply ethical theories to resolve ethical dilemmas is essential part of an individual 's psychological, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The purpose of this paper is to explore the strengths and weakness of the American Psychological Association (APA) code of ethics, apply and evaluate the eight-step ethical decision-making model, discuss the role of deontology in ethical reasoning, resolution, and multicultural issues in the case study.
Many managers and organisations make the mistake of assuming that what’s wrong is illegal and what’s legal is right and if it’s legal it must be ethical. Yet many ethical dilemmas present themselves before the decision makers where right and wrong can not be clearly identified. They involve conflict between interactive parts – “the individual against the organisation or the societ...
The existence of bribery and unethical behavior is rampant in the world market and may not change overnight. The question of bribery has been distilled in business literature as a question of ethics. In this situation at the airport with the customs officer, it is important to distinguish between business ethics and personal ethics. In a business ethics situation, the Foreign Corruption Practices Act would prohibit offering any bribe to the custom office – for example to free a shipment of goods that was lost in red tape (Pitman & Sanford, 2006). Most companies also have policies against bribery as well. In this situation, however the main issue at hand is that of personal ethics. When in a situation where your company is unknown and there is no business being conducted, normal business ethics and laws (including FCPA) do not apply only personal ethical standards.