...Ethics Game Dilemmas ETH/316 January 20, 2014 Ethics Game Dilemmas In the case of the mystery roses, the ethical issues were how do I protect the individuals involved and address the community’s needs. This meant that Gayle’s confidentiality had to be addressed, Bill had to be approached fairly, and everyone needed to understand the appropriate steps to take. According to Title VII, workplace harassment is a serious issue and must be addressed quickly and completely. With this case, the six stakeholders are Gayle and Bill as previously mentioned; in addition to Carol the VP of Human Resources, John McIntire the VP of the Research and Development team and Bills boss, the shareholders in the company and finally myself. With this many people comprising the community portion of our consideration, one wrong decision could have considerable consequences. In making decisions, I considered how I could manage Gayle’s confidentially and get the harassment to stop. By considering al of the stakeholders, I considered the consequences of a verity of scenarios, from confronting Bill directly to passing the problem off onto Carol and letting her address the scenario. When all was considered, I felt it best to advise Carol that I would do my best to keep her matter confidential, I may have to make some mention in the course of correcting her concerns, and point out that she could also take a look at her Employee Handbook for an idea what course of action that I would be taking...
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...Ethical Perspectives: The Ethics Game Many situations arise in the workplace that require employees (managers and subordinates) to sit down and think about the best solution. Sometimes solutions are unclear and what seems to be the most obvious answer, is not always the best choice. The Ethics Game simulation presented two different cases: the case of the mysterious rose and the case of the cold feet. Both cases bring the “manager” through different thought processes to make them understand the importance of analyzing the situation in different ways. In the case of the mysterious rose, the simulation presented the dilemma of a woman employee receiving flowers from another anonymous employee. I, as her director, know about this situation. The employee sends an e-mail asking for my confidence in a meeting. The problem that presents itself is how I should answer the employee’s request for confidentiality in a meeting. Since I know of the flowers and the possibility of harassment, I know that I cannot give her my word on 100% confidentiality. The simulation goes through a series of steps guiding the user to look at the situation from different ethical lenses. Both the rights and responsibilities lens and the results lens take the first step in identifying the primary stakeholders. The following steps differed for the two lenses. Although the steps I took through the two lenses were different, I actually came about the same decision in the end. End the end, I chose to tell Gayle...
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...ETH 316 Final Jose Moreno ETH/316 8/12/2013 Karen Harvey ETH 316 Final “I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime” Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. There are many philosophies on ethics, no matter which one we choose, the decisions we make do have consequences. Those consequences while small or unnoticed will eventually catch up to us. Our core values play a major role on how we deal with moral/ethical situations and while religion may have influenced some of our morals, one does not need to be religious parse to live a morally fruitful life. Our morals are subject to change because our core values are subject to change and we must always be conscience about the decision we make and the impact that those decision will have on the rest of our lives. When I completed my completed my ethical lens inventory I found out some things about myself. My preferred lens is the rights and responsibilities lens, I believe that everyone should fulfill their duties fairly and tend to think to a problem carefully and research options to find the one that will allow you to fulfill your duties, seeking guidance from to the experts on the subject, to find the best solution for a problem. My goal is to make a fully informed decision and to meet the needs of the community, without harming the least advantaged. Unless we are mindful and work on becoming ever more ethically mature, we...
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...Ethics Game Dilemma ETH 316 Ethics Game Dilemma Various conditions come up in the office that requires employees to sit down and think about the best solution. This usually involves supervisors and subordinates. At times answers are vague and what seems to be the most clearly defined answer, is not always the suitable choice. The Ethics Game simulation displayed two different cases: The Case of the Mysterious Rose and The Case of the Cold Feet. Both cases bring the manager across different thought procedures to make him or her comprehend the magnitude of examining the situation in dissimilar ways. In The Case of the Mysterious Rose, the simulation presented the predicament of a female employee getting flowers from another anonymous employee. I, as her boss, know about this state of affairs. The employee sends an e-mail soliciting for my assurance in a meeting. The obstacle that presents itself is how I have to answer the employee’s appeal for discretion in a meeting. Because I know about flowers and the possibility of impending harassment, I know that I cannot give her my guarantee on 100% secrecy. The simulation progresses through a sequence of steps managing the user to look at the situation from diverse ethical lenses. Both the rights and responsibilities lens and the results lens take the initial step in recognizing the primary participants. The following actions differed for the lenses. The actions I took through the lenses were different, though I came to the same...
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...Ethics Game Week 5 Performance measurements Performance measurements are used to characterize and define performance in a project. They are used to track and manage progress toward achieving specific project goals. Performance measurements help determine how decision-making processes of a project led to its success or failure, understanding these can help organizations make future improvements. It is a project manager's responsibility to measure performance based on the triple constraints of time, budget, and quality of a project. There are many performance measurements a project manager can use based on the type of project at hand, this paper compares and contrasts the following measurements - * Earned Value * Customer Satisfaction * Requirements Performance Earned Value Earned Value measures work performed in terms of schedule and budget of a project. It helps identify schedule and budget mishaps in all areas of a project. "Earned Value is an approach where you monitor the project plan, actual work, and work-completed value to see if a project is on track. Earned Value shows how much of the budget and time should have been spent, with regard to the amount of work done so far" (Haughey, 2013). It measures current performance in a project, which helps project managers determine what the future performance will be. Using earned value, project managers can determine how much work is completed vs., how much was expected to be completed at a certain point in a project...
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...Critical Thinking Scenarios University of Phoenix Saidou Mbosobu ETH/316 Tuesday, December 01, 2015 Critical Thinking “Blood Money” After carefully listening and watching the ABC investigating story about “Blood Money” also termed at as Black Marketing, I figured out that the Chinese are involve in an inhuman action of removing human organs like kidneys, and other human organs from executed prisoners which were later on sold to patients in a restricted Chinese military hospital. The bottom point of this inhuman action is to raise money. The participant in this critical scenario shows no moral responsibilities at all by selling human organs. There are basically two non-moral responsibilities in this scenario. First of all it is totally against any moral rules to sell human organs and secondly most of the executed criminals were wrongly executed since they military already had plans to sell the organs. The base point here is that, the participants in this scenario failed to understand that it is morally wrong to execute innocent criminals for the sake of their kidneys or without their permission. The stakeholders in this scenario show no moral feelings because they were even happy doing it as some of them are depending on it as their source of income. The medical professionals involve in this act shows no moral obligations or ethical standard by transplanting these organs even when they knew that they were wrong and had a position as medical doctors to say it is unethical and...
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...Organizational Issues February 26, 2014 ETH/316 Ethic Game Dilemmas The Veiled ID The ethical issues presented in the simulation The Veiled ID is how to balance the need to maintain appropriate security for all employees, while acknowledging the religious expression of a particular employee. The decision-making steps that I took to address these issues were based on the positions that are held in the simulation game. To prevent possible discrimination lawsuits against the company and also to safeguard the interest of the shareholders these decisions were made. Starting with the investors to the employees of the company will be affected by this ethical decision that arise from this dilemma. The community in itself as a whole will also be affected by this decision. The ethical perspectives that I use to make my decisions in the simulation is morally doing what is right first for the main shareholders and then the community. While coming to this decision one must keep in mind that they are not the only one being affected by the matter at hand. If policies of the company have been violated then it is the company’s duty to make a comprehensive decision that will be in the best outcome for the company and its shareholders. And besides from following company policies and procedures and just do what is right it is again about protecting the best interest of the shareholders and the best interest of the company. There is also a substantially...
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...Ethical Lenses and Ethical Theories April Mallari ETH / 316 02/09/2012 Evelyn Moorman The purpose of this paper is to compare the similarities and differences between virtue theory, utilitarianism, and deontological ethics. The differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality along with a personal experience will be addressed to help explain the relationship between virtue, values, and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories. A personal experience would be my character results from the University of Phoenix web based Ethics Game called the Ethical Lens Inventory. I was assigned to play the Ethics Game-Ethical Lens Inventory for class to determine which ethical perspective best categorized me. The results were surprisingly quite accurate in describing my character especially after reading the definitions of each lens and found that I fell into the Rights and Responsibilities Lens. There are four lenses in the ethics game, the Rights and Responsibilities Lens, Relationship Lens, Results Lens and Reputation Lens. Three of the four lenses will be covered in the paper as the Rights and Responsibilities Lens and Reputation lens are both categorized into two different views of the deontological theory. The Rights and Responsibilities Lens classifies me as a “person who uses my reasoning skills and (rationality) to determine your duties as well as the universal rules that each person should follow (autonomy)”...
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...Ethics Game Dilemmas ETH/316 4/21/2014 There were many ethical issues presented throughout Ethics Game Simulation that could be related to any person’s work place or daily life in general. The ethical issues presented in the Ethics Game Simulation “The Mysterious Blogger” were about whether the information obtained by a director of Information Technology was going to be enough information to discipline an employee for violating the company’s security policies by posting the compnay’s confidential information online. As for “The Veiled ID”, the ethical issues were concerning how to develop a security policy that can adequately provide for every employee’s physical safety while accommodating their special needs as well. The decision making steps that were taken to critically think about and solve these ethical issues were based on the job position that was given in each simulation. The Baird Decision Model that contains five steps that help in the decision making process. The decisions that were made were made to protect the interests of the shareholders and the well-being of the company and its employees all at the same time. Any person that made a contribution or investment to the company will be affected by any ethical issues that may come up about an organization or an employee of an organization. If a company’s policies are not followed and are disregarded in any way, disciplinary action should be taken so that policies are not broken in the future. The ethical perspectives...
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...Organizational Issues Ethics and Social Responsibility/ETH 316 December 10, 2012 University of Phoenix Organizational Issues Ethics are a set of principles or values that help guide people to determine if something is right or wrong. They influence decisions that people make everyday. They are also the principles and standards of conduct the guide an individual or a group. In this week's assignment I opted for the EthicsGame simulations: “The Mysterious Blogger” and “The Veiled ID” The two simulations provided different ethical issues. “The Mysterious Blogger concerns the issue obtaining information that was illegally obtained to prove that an employee violated a non-disclosure agreement. Aaron Webb is an employee working in the MD department and posted confidential information in a blog concerning the company. An IT tech, Jamal Moore felt that his supervisor was not taking the situation seriously. He took it upon himself to hacked into Mr. Webb's home computer and found incriminating evidence. In “The Veiled ID” concerns the issue of protecting employees while also protected their rights and special needs. The company is beefing up security due to an unfortunate situation. The solution is to have each employee where security badges with a photo ID. Atsha Mullah religious belief is not to be seen without her veil to anyone other than her family and the photo would be in violation of that belief. In both simulations the solutions...
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...Ethics Game Dilemmas Unknown ETH/316 March 21, 2013 Instructor Ethics Game Dilemmas We as company leaders, have many responsibilities. One of our most important responsibilities is ethical and social responsibility because it requires everyone to adhere to a set of policies personal and professional. The issues in the ethical game simulation are complex yet simple enough to follow the required steps to come to a decision that works for all parties involved. The issue whether the information obtained by Jamal Moore is used to discipline Aaron Webb for violating the NDA or discipline him for the manner in which the information was obtained (Ethics game worksheet, 2013). What were the ethical issues presented in the simulation game Ethical dilemmas can be used to address organizational issues through awareness, training, and support of management and shareholders. Even though this issue has become more of a legal issue, management cannot minimize the incident to avoid legal situations. They need help from all shareholders and upper-level management. Computer security is the issue and the new system that was just implemented has been compromised by an employee. People are less likely to break the law or a legal code if they are aware they are breaking rules. Two employees have violated company policy one for posting sensitive company data and the other for hacking a computer to obtain incriminating information. Moreover, as the manager of safety and...
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...Organizational Issues Pamela E. Williams ETH/316 August 13, 2012 Michelle Clark-Washington Organizational Issues There were two dilemmas presented in the ethics game .The first ethics dilemma was two employees Aaron and Jamal hacking into their company system. Both of the employees thought they were doing the right thing for different reasons. Aaron was hacking the company’s computer system because he felt that the company was hiding unethical practices that he felt the consumers who bought their product should know about. The second employee Jamal also felt the need or duty to hack in to the company’s computer system to prove who the person was that using sensitive material about the company in a blog. They both were acting out of a sense of duty to something that they felt strongly about. Aaron believed it was his duty to let other employees and prospective customers know that there were some unethical, practices within the company. Jamal felt that the company was not doing what it should be doing to find out who the leak was that was writing the blog about the company. He then hacked the computer system to find out whom the leak was and that he did do and reported it to the proper people. I had to then determine what the right thing to do concerning both parties was. Both parties felt that they were right by doing what they did. The ethical theory that Aaron based his decision on was utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is the ethical theory that achieving the greatest happiness...
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...Ethics Game Dilemmas Anna Black ETH/316 August 31, 2011 Ben Michaels Ethics Game Dilemmas As a manager, a person will face many ethical dilemmas. The right choice is determined by what the manager, or decision-maker feels is right. In the Ethics games, the manager was faced with two dilemmas. In the Mysterious Blogger, the manager of safety and efficiency was made aware of an employee that blogged about confidential company information. Another employee then took it upon himself to find out who the individual was. This employee then illegally obtained the information of the blogger by hacking into his home computer. The main issue for the manager was to determine whether or not she should use the information obtained illegally to discipline the employee that violated the non-disclosure agreement. In the Veiled Identity, the manager was in the process of implementing a security system and was leaning towards a system that used photo identification as a means of entry into the building. The manager was made aware of a Muslim employee who would be breaking the rules of her religion if she were photographed without the traditional veil. The main issue was in developing a security policy that provides for employees’ physical safety and accommodates special needs. The decision making steps used in choosing the best options for each dilemma consisted of first determining the issue and the stakeholders. Once these are determined, the use of the Rights and Responsibilities...
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...Socially Responsible ETH-316 Ethics and Social Responsibility Socially Responsible Effort This topic has so many different ways to accomplish some type of social responsibility, the list can be endless. Just off the bat, I can describe so many ways we as individuals could become socially responsible. Starting by simply giving, sharing, providing, assisting, donating, collecting or even developing; all of these are the bases of one becoming a more productive individual for the greatest good to society. The first social responsibility I have is with my family and that articulates especially with my sons. As a parent, I have to provide them with some type of ethical and moral behavior and lead by example. I can teach them all these morals and ethical behaviors but at the end if they are not applied or practiced the knowledge will not be passed on. There is an adage that states, “Just because we have it now, does not mean that we will have it tomorrow”. That is something that I am very adamant about, because in truth, nobody knows the future. We can predict and make assumptions about the future, but we cannot be absolutely sure what the future holds for us. Kids for example, think they are indestructible and in reality are living for the moment; the reason for this is that tomorrow is just another day to them. This is where parents come into the picture of social responsibility. It is the parent’s duty to teach and adhere to moral responsibility. I know the kids are...
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...Ethic Game Dilemmas Rob Arnold ETH 316 August 9, 2012 TIFFANY MYTTY-KLEIN Ethic Game Dilemmas The first simulation dealt with managing the dilemmas of sexual harassment. The case called “The Mysterious Roses.” Rob Arnold, the Director of Sales, I must have the ability to make decision that can will affect the company’s image that I am employed by, also the individuals of the company. In the simulation they are several ethical decisions that are made through several repeatable models that can provide a desirable outcome of the dilemmas. The ethical lens uses different perspectives from each different dilemma. I am able to arrive at this by a range of perspectives with favored outcome providing an appropriate ethical position for the appropriate situation. In the first dilemma I have learned that one of the employee’s Bill Witherspoons actions is perceived as sexual harassment toward another employee of the company, Gail Domier, roses are left at the employees desk with no notes stating who they are from. Mr. Witherspoon has approached you informally explaining to you what has been going on (The Mysterious Roses and Cold Feet, 2002-2007). Now Ms. Domier has requested a confidential meeting with Mr. Arnold the dilemma that the supervisor needs to concentrate on is he can maintain a level of confidentiality of Ms. Domier meeting and how to resolve it without exposing any of the participants’ involved. I also advised Gayle that I would be able to keep the meeting confidential...
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