...Mohammad Khattak Ethics for Mangers (ETM-750) Prof: Robert Bigelow Final Project The Syrian Conflict Evaluate the ethics of any legal or ethical issue in the news. Analyze the dilemma or issue. Thoroughly evaluate the appropriateness of applying at least two ethical frameworks reviewed in the course, and suggest an approach that might help to avoiding such dilemmas/issues in the future. What started off as an uprising and eventually led to a civil war, has destroyed much of Syria and resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands. And no matter what angle you look at it from, the existing regime under the command of Bashar Al Assad and his so-called "war against terrorists" has broken all barriers of ethics, morals and rules of war. Many sources have claimed foreign interference to have ignited the situation, but at the same time, the regime has spared no efforts to suppress the voice of those who stood up against the oppressive rule. But the dilemma does not end with how the situation was dealt with by the existing rulers. Nations all around the world are waiting on how the United States of America responds to the happening and whether the US can justify its reason for intervention, which it believes to be its moral duty under the principle of its 'Just War Theory'. Utilitarianism One of the ethical frameworks that would apply to the Syrian situation would be the act and rule of Utilitarianism that dictates that the actions of a party be justified so...
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...Running head: Motivation, Conflict, and Ethics Motivation, Conflict, and Ethics University of Phoenix Motivation, Conflict, and Ethics As an employee of a Medicare contractor communication is a vital aspect of the work environment. There is a 24 hour hotline which serves as means of communication between employees and human resources. The use of a 24 hour hotline as a communication method allows flexibility among the staff in receiving information. Professional, societal, and individual ethics are a very important part of the corporate culture. Being a contractor the company has to be trusted in dealings with companies and also personal information. Internal policies and procedures reflect a conscious effort to maintain high ethics among staff. They have gone so far as to establishing a dedicated phone number and email for employees to report any unethical behavior. This company does its best to hire employees with high individual ethical standards. Employees are also trained thoroughly on ethical procedures in the workplace that all staff are expected to adhere to. Motivational theories The motivational theories used by the Medicare contractor include production quotas, bonus incentives for hitting quality and timeliness requirements, and push days. The production quotas are reviewed on a weekly basis, and managers communicate the percentages to the employee: offering praise, pointers, or management help to bring substandard percentages up to expectation. Bonus incentives...
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...Title: Management Conflict and Ethics Netpanna Yavirach, Asst,prof., Department of management, Faculty of Business Administration, Rajamangala Institute of Technology In what sense can it be said that an organization can, as a whole, be ethical of unethical? What characteristics (e.g. structures, policies, powers, responsibilities, codes, cultures, procedures) would mark out an ethical organization? Business ethics is an applied ethics. It is the application of our understanding of what is good and right to do. A discussion of business ethics must begin by providing a framework of basic principles for understanding what is meant by the terms “good” and “right”. In popular usage the term “ethics” has a variety of different meanings. One of the meanings often given to it is: the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group. We use the term “personal ethics” to refer to the rules by which an individual lives his or her personal life, and use the term “accounting ethics” to refer to the code that guides the professional conduct of accountants (Velasquez (1988).,p.11). Ethics is concerned with the moral judgments involved in moral decisions. Ethics does not study all normative judgment, only those that are concerned with what is morally right and wrong, or morally good and bad. When something is judged to be morally right or wrong, or morally good or bad, the underlying standards on which the judgment is based are moral...
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...Conflict Between Research and Ethics Paper Conflict Between Research and Ethics Paper HCS/435 Katherine Rossiter September 12, 2010 Conflict Between Research and Ethics Paper This paper will share an opinion of the conflicts that exist between medical research and ethics in the subject matter of patients with mental retardation with medical condition such as hepatitis. In this paper the discussion of patient consent, benefits to patient, society, and medical professionals; therapeutic research; and research outcomes. Also this paper will discuss the potential role of institutional compliance and ethics committees, potential responsibilities of management, and the managerial approach one might have taken if one were in a position of power. When talking about patient consent there is many different types of consent. To name a few types of consent, incapacitated, decision-making capacity, surrogate healthcare decision maker, informed consent, expressed consent, and implied consent. When dealing with incapacitated consent this means that the patient is lacking the ability to make a reasonable medical judgment. In this type of consent there would be a surrogate decision maker appointed. Also in an incapacitated patient that has come in from an accident there would be an implied consent this would mean that the hospital staff would do whatever they had to do to sustain life. Decision-making capacity is one where the patient has full knowledge of what they want to be...
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...Ethno-Religious Conflict The increase in ethnic conflicts around the world is a reality. The conflicts that arise from ethnicity-related factors now are as important as issues that substantially determine the course of international relations, such as political and economic globalization, the balance of power, regionalization, terrorism, and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Ethnic conflicts can have an important religious dimension. Religion is potentially a very important element of ethnicity; in fact, some ethnic groups have their primary origin in religion. 5 The salience of religion to ethnicity is illustrated in Kashmir. The identification of an ethnic group is determined by common perceptions among its members. Conflict among these groups carries an ethnic quality to it. If there is a primary religious difference among the conflictual parties, ethnic conflict can assume a specifically religious dimension—labeled by Fox as ‘‘ethnoreligious’’ conflicts. 6 Kashmir is a prime example of this type of conflict. There are several definitions of ethnicity, ethnic conflict, and ethno-religious conflict. We have presented some definitions about ethnic and ethno-religious conflicts on which there is a fair consensus. However, there is no consensus among students of ethnic conflict as to the causes of these conflicts. To a certain extent, agreement exists that some combination of economic, political, and psychological factors can explain ethnic conflict. 7 However...
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...4, pp. 52-66, 2000 © 2000 Elsevier Science, Inc. ISSN 0090-2616/00/$--see frontmatter PII 50090-2616(00)00005-X When Ethics Collide: Managing Conflicts Across Cultures PAUL F. BUllER JOHN J. KOHLS KENNETH S. ANDERSON Nike-one of the fastest-growing companies in the world-has been stymied recently due in part to consumer reaction to conflicts involving management practices in its suppliers' factories in the Far East. Among the accusations-poor working conditions, low wages, enforced over time, and harsh, sometimes brutal, discipline and corporal punishment. Levi Strauss & Co. was recently confronted with the challenge of how to deal with contractors in Bangladesh that employed young children, a legal practice in Bangladesh, but one contrary to Levi's company policy. The fact that these chil dren were often a sole or significant source of their family income further complicated the mat ter. Tony Anderson, Chairman and CEO of H. B. Fuller Company, was faced with a decision re garding the company's responsibility for illegiti mate use of one of its products. Resistol, a tolu ene-based glue, has become an addictive drug of choice for many Central American street chil dren. These "Resistoleros" inhale the glue and often experience violent reactions and serious health problems, including kidney failure and brain damage. ness practices. Ethical conflicts may involve a variety of issues: • bribery and extortion, as in the highly publicized case of Lockheed, which made ...
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...Conflict Management Conflict is as inevitable in a project environment as change seems to be. When project team members interact during the course of completing their tasks and responsibilities, there is always a potential for conflict. In fact, it is virtually impossible for people with diverse background skills and norms to work together; make decisions, and try to meet project goals and objectives without conflict. “Project managers must identify, analyze, and evaluate both positive and negative values of conflict and their effect on performance.” (Dixon). They must learn how and when to stimulate conflict and how to use it to increase the performance of project team members. Conflict need not have destructive consequences. Attitudes and conflict management styles play an important role in determining whether such conflict will lead to destructive or mutually beneficial outcomes. The response to conflict in the traditional view is to “reduce, suppress, or eliminate it.” (Dixon) The manager is responsible for freeing the project of any conflict, often using whatever is needed to approach and fix the conflict. Although that approach only works sometimes, it is not generally effective; when they are suppressed, the root causes cannot be identified, and the potentially positive aspects of conflict cannot emerge. This traditional view of conflict is still widely held because industrial and business institutions that have a strong influence on our society concur with it. “This...
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...Statistics in Business Antoinette Jones QNT/351 August 31, 2015 Garurank Saxena Group Behavior The beauty of having a diverse group is the pure ability to gather different ideas that would not be thought of by a uniform group of individuals. The issue with diversity is that there can be strong conflicts among a group that is not on the same page. This is the situation where the leader is supposed to step in and give the final decision. Though issues with group participants not only with their style but a lack of ethic similarity as well as perhaps a lack of interest cannot be conquered by an iron fist alone. The leader has another job in the group, the leader must befriend those working for him or her. The word befriend is used loosely to define obtaining personal information of other group members. This personal information is then to be used by the leader to put individual members where they are supposed to be, in an environment that nurtures their skills, plays to their strengths, and holds their interest. Without this knowledge or at the very least a set of keen eyes to observe. A misplaced group member could cause a collapse in the group dynamic but in a diverse group if every individual is placed where they fit in by the hawk-eye leader a perfect team can be created. Application In the workplace, managing workers in a lower position has more dynamics than what is first shown. Even as an informal leader, yelling or attempting to force someone into a position to...
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...Causes of Organizational Conflict by George N. Root III, Demand Media Managerial Expectations It is the job of an employee to meet the expectations of his manager, but if those expectations are misunderstood, conflict can arise. Managers need to spend time clearly communicating their goals to employees and then confirming those goals in writing. A manager should also encourage her employees to ask questions about their goals, and hold regular meetings to discuss the goals and how best to reach them. Breakdown in Communication If a department requires information from another department in order to do its job, and the second department does not respond to the request for information, a conflict can arise. Some interdepartmental disagreements might trigger a nonresponsive attitude that can quickly become an internal conflict. Another way of creating this sort of conflict is by giving a circular response such as an issue being perpetually "under review." When people or departments are late in responding to information requests, or they are withholding information on purpose, it is best to address the situation immediately with a personal meeting with both sides to resolve the situation. Related Reading: Organizational Structure & Conflict of Interest Misunderstanding the Information According to mediation expert Robert D. Benjamin, writing on Mediate.com, internal conflict can sometimes arise as the result of a simple misunderstanding. One person may misunderstand information...
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...CASE –iv Conflict in close quarters Overview of the Case Study (3 slides) The case study was an experiment to study the dynamics of isolation in long-term space travel by a team of psychologists at Moscow's Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). Within the confines of a replica Mir space station, three international researchers, including a Canadian, Japanese and Austrian participant were isolated with four Russian cosmonauts for 110 days. At the New Year's Eve party, the participants partook in the drinking of vodka, which was allowed by the Russian space agency. What evolved was a series of events which involved violence, sexual harassment, and questionable ethics. A violent fight erupted between two of the cosmonauts, which was resolved quickly. Later, the Russian commander aggressively kissed, twice, the only female participant, Judith Lapierre. All three of the international participants appealed to the IBMP regarding the Russians behaviour, requesting disciplinary action. The experiment ended in controversy as the Russians downplayed the kiss, saying it was a fleeting kiss and blaming an emotional female participant whilst Lapierre claimed sexual harassment. Thus, was it really sexual harassment or a stolen kiss? Or is the question here that the parties involved here had attached different meanings to the same incident. Cultural differences amongst the participants led to the conflict, which were exacerbated by the influence of alcohol. The Russians...
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...Team Dynamics and Conflict Resolution in Work Teams GEN300 February 16, 2009 Team dynamics is characterized by continuous change, activity, and progress. Our team will consist of this because we are motivated to be extremely successful. The skills we possess will effectively promote us to a strong commitment and performance for our class. In our class, we are actively forming a team to reach individual and team goals, so we can accelerate to virtue. We have a mission to accomplish in this five week session and we are trying to gather all our strengths and characteristics to obtain a high grade in this class. We all have the same goals and that is to obtain our bachelor’s degree and become successful in our personal and professional lives. In this class we will start by brainstorming on ideas that will further us in the future (Wadsworth, 2009). A positive attitude is highly important in the work field as well as in our personal lives. I think this should be practiced in teams, so teammates can all get along and work diligently side by side. It will definitely make them feel warm and happy to work with each other and bring them closer together. When everyone is having a positive attitude, it can open the doors to trust and loyalty within the group. It will help in their performance and communication. In any organization, communication is vital, so it is best to strive to perfection and have an open communication policy. If anyone feels neglected or unappreciated...
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...Recently, tensions have risen between employees in the patient accounts department due to personal conflicts. Confrontations between employees have disrupted the work environment, teamwork is diminishing, employee morale is decreasing, and managers are lacking the tools needed to address and solve these issues. Lack of managerial assistance in solving conflicts among employees also seems to be a problem. Shaun Walder, Director of Patient Accounts, does not like to get involved and rather have the employees work it out amongst themselves. These problems become related because if managers do not get involved, employees will continue to disagree with one another, and the issues are never addressed properly. That brings me to the purpose of this paper. How can managers effectively resolve interpersonal emotional conflicts? Literature Review Interpersonal conflict can be described as conflict between two or more individuals who are in a disagreement with one another. Emotional conflict can be described as conflict that involves interpersonal disputes that occur due to feelings of anger, mistrust, fear, dislike, and resentment. Emotional interpersonal conflict is most common amongst teams, co-workers and between management and subordinates (Schermerhorn et al., 2005). Personal conflict can occur between individuals or groups. However, the distinguishing trait of personal conflict is that it is based purely on negative feelings about another individual or group, and less on substantive...
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...Jessica Devaney Word Count: 498 Conflict Management Reflective Essay Arise of conflicts tend to be unavoidable in most all aspects of one’s life due to different ideas, personalities, morals, work ethic and everything else that make us an individual. It is state that conflicts occur when ‘incompatible goals, attitudes, emotions, or behaviors lead to disagreement or opposition between two or more parties.’ However, just because conflicts are bound to arise in both personal relationships and in the workforce, does not mean there are not multitudes of resolution and avoidance techniques. There is not one right way to resolve a specific conflict because each case is unique in its own ways, just as the reasoning behind the conflict arising. Assertiveness is one of my strongest personality traits; I don’t back away from or easily give up something I want to fight for and that I want or work for. However, sometimes my assertiveness will clash with my urge of wanting to help someone and see the best in them. Although helpful, in some situations that emotion unwillingly takes control and I become over-cooperative. In my personal experience, it is much harder to come to a win-win resolution when it includes relationship conflicts, when comparing the task and process conflict. Relationship conflict includes emotion, and uncertainty about the other individual or group’s intentions. Even with trust and your own instincts, either party in the conflict can end up being steered because of...
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...CONFLICT MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Conflict refers to all kinds of opposition or antagonistic interaction. It is based on scarcity of power, resources or social positions, and differing value structures. Conflict has two faces, functional (or constructive) and the other dysfunctional (or destructive). Dysfunctional conflict is crucial for organizations and without an effective means of handling it, conflict can tear relationship apart and interferes with the exchange of ideas, information and resources in groups and between departments. Well manage conflict on the other hand helps workers anticipate and solve problems and makes them feel confident. This also strengthens their relationships and makes them become more committed to the organization THE FACES OF CONFLICT The organizational benefits of functional conflict are increased effort and improved performance, enhanced creativity, and personal development. The symptoms of dysfunctional conflict include indecision, resistance to change, emotional outbursts, and stress. By monitoring these various signs and symptoms, management may decide when to encourage conflict and when it is time to step in and attempt to resolve or neutralize it. The first is called conflict triggers, when stimulate conflict, and the second involves conflict resolution techniques, which are used when functional conflict deteriorates into dysfunctional conflict. Types of conflict situation Since conflict has both positive as well as negative...
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...Individual Assignment 1.2 Conflict Paper Veronica S MGT450 9/1/2013 Conflict management in the workplace is a problem that all leaders, managers, and employees have to deal with at one time or another. The basic components of conflict management include improving communication, teamwork, and a systematic approach to resolving disagreements productively. While working as a human resources representative for the Benefits Department, the department was faced with some issues as our director was forced to leave the organization due to a personal conflict with the human resource executive director. After the director left, the department had no direction and the only support the human resource team had was the immediate supervisor. Unfortunately for everyone, including the supervisor, the executive director was targeting everyone that had ever worked with our former director. With the above mentioned, our supervisors' title changed as needed on a daily basis. For example, if there was a need for the department’s expertise and knowledge, then she would be placed back in her position. Otherwise, she would be treated as one of the representatives. This became an emotional roller coaster for everyone involved as we did not feel supported and were very confused. Meanwhile, the executive director decided to name the payroll manager interim director to the Benefits Department which worsened the situation. It became evident that this person had no benefits knowledge...
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