April’s ethical dilemma
With regard to this week’s case study, April has two ethical dilemmas. The first ethical dilemma that April had to face, was a conflict of loyalty. This conflict occurred when April received many accolades for the successful presentation. At that time, she should have identified Jordan’s contribution to the project so they could at least share in the glory. The other ethical dilemma had to do with the issues of honesty and integrity. April was torn by this dilemma because of personal obligations that she had allowed to interfere with business. April’s son had medical problems and family is very important. However instead of April notifying her employer about her family situation, she put that load on her coworker, Jordan. The conflict was what to do with the $10,000 bonus. Does she use the money to assist in paying her sons hospital bills or does she tell Jordan about the award?
An advantage of April going to Jordan is that she would be doing what is right ethically speaking. April …show more content…
She may have also wanted to remain competitive in the workplace. If she had gone and told her employers of the status of her son, she may not have had support for her place of business, thus contributing to her unethical behavior.
Ordinarily, one way an employee may make appropriate decisions is to have approachable management or owners. If an employee has trust in their leadership, they will confide in them. The leadership can provide realistic, periodic ethics training to ensure that all employees respect and are on the same sheet of music in regards to what the leadership holds to be important. The leadership can also counsel their subordinates. This will create a one on one dialog that is personal and specific to that
With regard to this week’s case study, April has two ethical dilemmas. The first ethical dilemma that April had to face, was a conflict of loyalty. This conflict occurred when April received many accolades for the successful presentation. At that time, she should have identified Jordan’s contribution to the project so they could at least share in the glory. The other ethical dilemma had to do with the issues of honesty and integrity. April was torn by this dilemma because of personal obligations that she had allowed to interfere with business. April’s son had medical problems and family is very important. However instead of April notifying her employer about her family situation, she put that load on her coworker, Jordan. The conflict was what to do with the $10,000 bonus. Does she use the money to assist in paying her sons hospital bills or does she tell Jordan about the award?
An advantage of April going to Jordan is that she would be doing what is right ethically speaking. April …show more content…
She may have also wanted to remain competitive in the workplace. If she had gone and told her employers of the status of her son, she may not have had support for her place of business, thus contributing to her unethical behavior.
Ordinarily, one way an employee may make appropriate decisions is to have approachable management or owners. If an employee has trust in their leadership, they will confide in them. The leadership can provide realistic, periodic ethics training to ensure that all employees respect and are on the same sheet of music in regards to what the leadership holds to be important. The leadership can also counsel their subordinates. This will create a one on one dialog that is personal and specific to that