...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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...The Ethics Game simulations of The Mysterious Rose and The Cold Feet Dilemmas address the following ethical issues: The first ethical concern is regarding a company employee by the name of Gayle Dornier. Gayle has received unwanted flowers from an unknown person, multiple times per week, and to this day Gayle has no idea who is sender of the flowers. Receiving a large quantity of flowers has begun to make her feel uncomfortable. Therefore Gayle is taking the proper Chain of Command to find a possible solution to the problem. After speaking to Rian Brown who is the company’s Ethics Officer, I decided that the most important issue was to maximize complete confidentially during my meeting with Gayle, because her issue seemed to be a very important to her. I also had to figure out key shareholders who were directly involved in this case, as well as who’s directly affected. Decision making steps involved in addressing this issue were mainly to figure out what the issues actually are and to break it down into small parts ensuring proper investigation, as well as proper facts regarding the case were identified. The main issue is to determine if a Sexual Harassment issue is present or not. The Ethical Lens used in addressing this issue was Rights/Responsibilities and the Results Lens. The Rights and Responsibilities Lens is based on the duties that everyone in our community has towards each other, and how we live by certain principles of integrity, for example, treat...
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...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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...Ethics Game Dilemmas Joanne Leetch ETH/316 June 18, 2012 Mary Sortino Ethics Game Dilemmas * In the Ethics Game Dilemmas Part II introduced two situations that needed an ethical decision to be made by management as to the best way to handle the situations. The first dilemma deals with the implication that there might be harassment, by an employee named Bill, going on in the workplace. The employee who may be being harassed, employee named Gayle, requested a confidential meeting to discuss an issue. She did not mention anything about harassment, just a request for a confidential meeting. The second dilemma was in regards to an employee publishing false or inaccurate data based on research that the company had just completed and did not turn out as well as expected. Just like in the first Ethics Game Dilemmas the goals of this game were to: enhance ethical sensibility, increase efficacy in decision making, and increase ability to effectively communicate the course of action needed. The lenses used in the first situation were the Rights and Responsibilities lens and the Results lens. The decision-making steps used in this situation were: Step 1 - Be attentive. The issue in this dilemma was how to answer the employee’s request for confidentiality in the meeting. Step 2 – Be intelligent. The stakeholders that were identified in this issue were the shareholders, the VP of Human Relations, Gayle’s manager (me), Gayle, Bill, and Bill’s manager Step 3a – Be reasonable...
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...Ethics Game Simulation Luz Del Solar MGT/216 Lurleen Evans October 2011 Ethics Game Simulation Nowadays it is very hard to manage a business with good ethics and making profitable decisions at the same time, especially in a business world where the moral, values, and ethics are acceptable only after the profit is ensure. A valuable professional would make the difference and face the situations taking in to consideration ethics first. The ethics simulation game would provide two different dilemmas that would help the students to practice their managerial skills trying to make the best ethical decisions possible. In the simulation game, two dilemmas were presented. First the laboratory communicated to Quality Management that the analysis has shown that there is contaminant in the GBS – Fibranafren, which is an ingredient used in the majority of the company products. The results from the laboratory arrived after the products were already released and after taking into consideration the facts that everything indicates that the products are contaminated. However, the contamination is bellow FDA standards, and it would only affect a limited group of people with continued use of the product. The dilemma in this case is, whether the company should warn the consumers about the contamination and what kind of information should be provided to them. In the second scenario the FDA increased the official standards and under this new regulation the contaminated...
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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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...Ethics Game Stimulation Reflective Journal Ethics can be defined as the principles, norms, and standards of conduct governing an individual or group. Nursing ethics, a set of moral and practical guidelines that influences nursing decisions big and small, also a set of shared values or principles that govern the way nurses interact with patients, a patient's family, and even other doctors and nurses. Nurses are dedicated to treating the person and easing suffering and this defines a nurse's ethical standpoint. From working with unbiased compassion to standing up for patients' rights, a nurse holds a wide range of responsibilities in addition to the actual physical work of caring for patients (Medi-Smart: Nursing Education Resources, 2011). The ethics simulation game is a learning tool designed to teach individuals how to make decisions between ethical challenges. In the first ethical simulation the ethical issue is how to best assure that the patient and her unborn child get appropriate and timely care with the stakeholders been the shareholders, the patient, the shift supervisor, the RN, the parents, and the unborn child. Before making these decisions of the best way to help Rachel one had to go through the four different lenses and steps of critical decision making. These lenses include the rights and responsibility lens, the results lens, the relationship lens, and the reputation lens. After thoroughly going through each lens, one was able to make decisions based on virtues...
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...Ethics Game Simulation University of Phoenix MGT 216 November 7, 2010 G-Bio Sport’s Game Simulation Today I had the opportunity to experience the interactions of ethics and problematic dilemmas facing an organization through a game simulation. The simulation placed the role of quality control manager (QCM) as my title within an organization called “G-Bio Sport’s.” Additionally, I was tasked with two dilemmas involving ethical issues, and the various ethical perspectives that were used in my analysis and decision making to resolve the dilemmas. This journal will reflect the issues, steps, ethical perspective used to base decision on and influence it played, as well as the correlation of various concepts within the simulation with my workplace. Ethical Dilemma Issue (The Case of Fair Warning) In the first dilemma products contaminated with high levels of GBS-Fibranafren, one of G-Bio Sport’s patented ingredients, which over two-thirds of the company’s products contain where found to have slipped through quality control. The dilemma provoked an issue of what the best decision would be to initiate a resolution to the issue. The company concluded that in healthy adults there was extremely low risk, though those with low immune systems would be at a higher risk, this with repeated use. Decision Making Steps In coming to an ethical decision or basis, I first identified the issues (whether or not to recall, disseminate the information, refund or...
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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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...Ethics Game Simulation MGT/216 October 5, 2011 Ethics Game Simulation This Ethics Game Simulation takes the user through two ethical dilemmas situations that were enthused by actual procedures in a business world. In the scenario the main user was the Quality Control Manager for G-Bio Sports, the responsibilities were to devise strategies and compose conclusions on ethical situations that came up. The first dilemma had a product that was tainted and had been attain by the community. On the second situation had a decision making process to begin advertising goods or items, which did not quantify to the safety standards of the United States. In this term paper, it will discuss the morals and values of each scenario. The issues are real cases of employees facing problems within the work environment and the choices they make. The first situation had tainted products, which slither all the way through quality control and to the community. This item contains extremely elevated point of an untested element that other products had as well. The main element or component had a small threat to any adults who are healthy. Adults with a frail protected immune system have an elevated hazard, particularly among regular utilization of this item. Throughout the predicament the user analyzes the problem and clarifies the precise issues that had to be dealt with. The corporate members were elucidated and how this would help mold the conclusion. The responsibilities and duties...
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...Ethical Perspectives The Ethics Game simulations consisted of two ethical dilemmas. The first was called The Mysterious Roses and second dilemma was called Cold Feet. Each dilemma offered difficult ethical issues that needed to be addressed. Like the previous role playing simulation, the reader is in a manager type position and must make decisions that could have an effect on a lot of people. The Mysterious Roses starts by placing the reader in charge as the Marketing Director. As the Marketing Director, you receive a few emails. One email is from an employee who is worried about a co-worker who is having trouble at work. The next email is regarding anti-harassment classes followed by an email from the female who is receiving the roses. This female is stating that the roses are making her uncomfortable and she wishes that she would stop receiving them. There are a few decision making steps that are taken to ethically address these issues. As the Marketing Director it is your responsibility to identify the problem, identify who the problem effects, identify your duties to the people involved and how to solve the problem. The problem with this incident is identified as is the people involved. To solve the problem, the ethical lenses used in this part of the simulation are the Rights and Responsibility Lens and the Results Lens. When looking at the Rights and Responsibility Lens, there are a few tools that are available to assist in the decision making. The Rights and Responsibility...
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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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...Ethics Game Simulation MGT/216 Michael Baney 26 August 2010 Ethics have always been an important aspect of the business world. There are a wide variety of ethical dilemmas one might face at work, at school, and even at home. The best way to prepare for any ethical eventuality is to know what ethics are and how to recognize ethical and unethical behavior in any given situation. The Ethics Game simulation at the University of Phoenix is a valuable tool for learning to recognized these situations. In the simulation one takes on the persona of a Quality Control Manager for a biotech company called G-BioSport. G-BioSport specializes in sports nutrition and supplements. In each of the two cases the simulation takes the student through, the student is asked to explore different ethical philosophies through a series of questions, and the student has to pick which one they find best. The purpose of these simulated situations is to help the student better marry ethical concepts to situations specific to their own desired industry; the point being to prepare them for managerial work and how to be a proper leader. In the scenario, G-BioSport is facing a rather large problem. Their quality control lab is behind on testing, and the products they are testing have already been released into the market. Contaminants, albeit in trace amounts, were found in one hundred percent of the samples the lab received, indicating that the problem is with one of the ingredients for which G-BioSport...
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...The Mysterious Roses and the Cold Feet Sexual Harassment and Falsifying data are an unethical practice that happens in organization. Leaders must take action. In the case of the Mysterious Roses and the case of the Cold Feet G BioSport find themselves resolving serious dilemmas. This discuss will address decision-making steps, ethical lenses used to make decisions, and ethical lenses that influence decisions. Ethical issues presented in the simulation The Mysterious Roses and the Case of the Cold feet were two simulation that present different issues with different solution. The Mysterious Roses dealt with a sexual harassment incident with Gayle Dornier a worker with G-BioSport. Gayle was receiving roses mysteriously, and she was not in favor of the gesture. The suspect in question is Bill Witherspoon. The issue is that Gayle wants to speak about a confidential matter. Initially advising Gayle that the conversation will be confidential; however, if it consists of work related issue it may have to be reported. To prepare better, Gayle will need to read the handbook before the meeting. The issue surrounding the Case of the Cold Feet is that someone in the company has copied another division work. After a little internal investigation the reports Phillip Waters gave are definitely incorrect. Division Medical Director; Phillips Waters have given false data on an upcoming article on a research study that has been changed and cannot be replicated...
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...Ethics Game Simulation: Reflective Journal Susan Lopez University of Phoenix Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility/MGT/216 Dr. Arnold Bereson December 07, 2009 Ethics Game Simulation: Reflective Journal In the ethics game simulation I was the quality control manager and was given the responsibility of making some very difficult ethical decisions. The first decision I had to make was regarding fair warning. The company had determined that there was a contaminant in products that were already distributed for sale. They were looking at me to tell them what should be done about those products. In this case, I was asked to look at the dilemma through two lenses, first the Rights/Responsibility Lens and the Results Lens. Even though one lens focuses on the duty of doing what is ethical and the other focuses on creating the greatest good for the greatest number of people, I think that my decision was based on both of these. I decided the proper thing to do would be to publicize the information that would warn the consumers about the increased risk to specific groups of people and to replace or refund purchase price for a product they may already have. It turns out that this was the best option in the Results Lens. The reason for this decision is that I was considering what was best for both the company and the people. I believed that people definitely had the right to be warned so that they were not consuming a product that could cause them harm, but...
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