Managing Ethics in Organizations - Case Study Example

Stephanie should not lie for her teammate. Stephanie has an obligation to her own sense of right and wrong. I would ask my teammate to exclude me from her deceptive behavior. By asking Stephanie to lie, she compromises Stephanie's sense of moral judgment and is put in the awkward position of telling a lie or betraying a friend. It would not be in Stephanie's interest to allow herself to be placed in that position. It is emotional extortion and I would only say that if you want to know the whereabouts of my teammate, you need to ask her.

CorinCorin is acting in their own self-centered world without regard to the team. His actions are bringing the team's performance down and in doing so he has ignored the goals of the team. To achieve goals, Corin needs to set aside his personal feelings and work to achieve the team's objectives. The performance may not mean anything to Corin, but they do to the team and that's what the decision should be based on. DarcieDarcie is acting admirably in a goal-based ethics system. She has two goals, the team and learning marketing.

Neither goal can be achieved by dropping the class. Part of operating with goal-based ethics is the concept that the goal is what is important. You may have to sacrifice other self-interest objectives to accomplish your goal. By working with the team she can accomplish both of her goals.Jerry and SamanthaJerry and Samantha are correct in believing that everyone should have a right to make their own decisions in a rights-based ethics system. Rights-based ethics assumes that everyone has the capacity to make good decisions.

In this case, a radical activist group made a decision for everyone. Of course, we need to also operate within a legal and moral structure even when it is rights-based. There are some activities that are not granted by rights. Stealing, murder, child abuse are all exempted from rights-based ethics. This line of reasoning has the danger of rationalizing all actions as personal rights even if they are harmful to society.BuckBuck has been pro-active in a reasonable expression of rights-based ethics.

They have come together to discuss what is acceptable. People's rights will be granted as long as it is acceptable to most people or the most acceptable interests. The group discussion helps assure that rights do not extend to the oppression of other people's thoughts and well being.KarenKaren has fallen into the trap of human nature. She believes she is an 'A' student without regard to her activities. She mistakenly believes that her past performance will protect her from any harm. It's human nature to overextend our optimism and fall into a trap.

When her instructor finds out, they will probably question all her work. That is human nature also. If you can't believe everything, you can't believe anything. Karen's human nature, laziness, and lack of caution have created her a great problem. This could have been avoided by implementing other ethical systems.SaraSara has a virtue-based obligation to inform the wife. The wife is a co-owner and operator of the business. She is also a co-owner of the marriage. Virtue does not dictate telling all you know all the time, but there are judgments to be made about the appropriateness of information.

If Sara stays quiet, there may come a time in the future when the wife as her why she wasn't told sooner. Sara's penalty for telling will be the loss of her job. She will, however, leave with her dignity and sense of virtuous self-worth.