Unit 5: Manager’s Ethics, Management Values & Corporate Culture
Ethics on “Even Better Than the Real Thing” case study
Ethics and Social Responsibility
University of The People
For a firm to adopt a certain style of corporate culture, values analysis should be drawn beforehand, as we read in the text book “Distinguishing an organizational culture requires observing a range of values from the way people dress to the degree of cooperation and competition in the workplace.” (Brusseau, 2012, p435). In depth evaluation of the acquired skills and leader’s character need to be clear and understood. Finer Bags is a firm that specializes on replica bags and accessories. Their specialization is been stated and not kept hidden. Therefore honesty is a part of their corporate culture.
Into the wombs of the firm, there is no visible corporate cultural dissonance occurring. The structure of the business seems to be clear and understood through all levels of the organization. The products are found, copied and distributed in a very low price, but identical to the original. A utilitarian argument, that there is a purpose for the greater good, can be used here because more people can be pleased by owning a purse which otherwise would be very difficult to buy. Since the fake one looks identical …show more content…
Let’s say for example, is it right to copy someone else’s work and try to sell it as your own? Not right at all, most would agree. Now what if everyone and every company would steal each other’s ideas, patterns or designs out of control repeatedly? Chaos would come over all trade and the “rights reserved” would be just fiction. The types of practices just like the Finer Bags company uses, are many out in the market world, and they will keep flourishing while there are consumers who support
Ethics on “Even Better Than the Real Thing” case study
Ethics and Social Responsibility
University of The People
For a firm to adopt a certain style of corporate culture, values analysis should be drawn beforehand, as we read in the text book “Distinguishing an organizational culture requires observing a range of values from the way people dress to the degree of cooperation and competition in the workplace.” (Brusseau, 2012, p435). In depth evaluation of the acquired skills and leader’s character need to be clear and understood. Finer Bags is a firm that specializes on replica bags and accessories. Their specialization is been stated and not kept hidden. Therefore honesty is a part of their corporate culture.
Into the wombs of the firm, there is no visible corporate cultural dissonance occurring. The structure of the business seems to be clear and understood through all levels of the organization. The products are found, copied and distributed in a very low price, but identical to the original. A utilitarian argument, that there is a purpose for the greater good, can be used here because more people can be pleased by owning a purse which otherwise would be very difficult to buy. Since the fake one looks identical …show more content…
Let’s say for example, is it right to copy someone else’s work and try to sell it as your own? Not right at all, most would agree. Now what if everyone and every company would steal each other’s ideas, patterns or designs out of control repeatedly? Chaos would come over all trade and the “rights reserved” would be just fiction. The types of practices just like the Finer Bags company uses, are many out in the market world, and they will keep flourishing while there are consumers who support