"In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me” (Ezekiel 22:12, New American Standard Bible). Ezekiel 22:12 reminds one that to succeeded off the backs of others in a dishonest fashion, stands against the teachings of Jesus Christ. Accordingly, the passage in Ezekiel shall guide Ramona Alexander to produce the correct decision to not peruse a career in sales with Next Step Herbal Health. Before making her decision Ramona must review several ethical and spiritual dynamics in making a final decision; including corporate culture, honesty, integrity, and strategic ethics vs. real ethics.
The corporate culture being displayed …show more content…
One must accurately evaluate a company’s core beliefs and actions before making a decision to align or not. However, had Ramona not been invited to Next Step’s weekend-long event she may have fallen victim to their strategic ethics. Next Step is purposefully using marketing campaigns to promote an image of compliance and regulation. Next Step is hiding behind strategic ethics. As they bellow out about their “industry leading ethics code”, they continue to act without a set of morals. Schulman (2006) explains this best when she states “As a first principle, Finocchio argued that ethics is not integrated into strategy by proclamation. He also put it more colloquially: ‘Whenever someone tells me how honest or ethical he or she is, I hold on to my wallet’” (para. 4). Strategic ethics are not a substitute for real ethics. Telling your employees how much you care for them and then asking a mother of a crying infant to leave the room, paints the ultimate picture of this hypocrisy. Ramona knows what real ethics are, as they are learned throughout your development as a …show more content…
We must all ask ourselves, “How will I act in the business world when my Christian principles are threatened?” Ramona must remain resilient and turn down her job offer from Next Step. A thorough ethical review has proven that Next Step fails to meet basic checks in corporate culture, honesty, integrity, and strategic ethics vs. real ethics. Even if Next Step was acting within the constraints of government and business law, it is only a matter of time before their absence of ethics will lead stray of such controls. Ultimately, Ramona shall allow her spiritual ethical prospective guide her in her vocational pursuit. Christian values will permit for easy answers to ethical dilemmas one will face in the
The corporate culture being displayed …show more content…
One must accurately evaluate a company’s core beliefs and actions before making a decision to align or not. However, had Ramona not been invited to Next Step’s weekend-long event she may have fallen victim to their strategic ethics. Next Step is purposefully using marketing campaigns to promote an image of compliance and regulation. Next Step is hiding behind strategic ethics. As they bellow out about their “industry leading ethics code”, they continue to act without a set of morals. Schulman (2006) explains this best when she states “As a first principle, Finocchio argued that ethics is not integrated into strategy by proclamation. He also put it more colloquially: ‘Whenever someone tells me how honest or ethical he or she is, I hold on to my wallet’” (para. 4). Strategic ethics are not a substitute for real ethics. Telling your employees how much you care for them and then asking a mother of a crying infant to leave the room, paints the ultimate picture of this hypocrisy. Ramona knows what real ethics are, as they are learned throughout your development as a …show more content…
We must all ask ourselves, “How will I act in the business world when my Christian principles are threatened?” Ramona must remain resilient and turn down her job offer from Next Step. A thorough ethical review has proven that Next Step fails to meet basic checks in corporate culture, honesty, integrity, and strategic ethics vs. real ethics. Even if Next Step was acting within the constraints of government and business law, it is only a matter of time before their absence of ethics will lead stray of such controls. Ultimately, Ramona shall allow her spiritual ethical prospective guide her in her vocational pursuit. Christian values will permit for easy answers to ethical dilemmas one will face in the