...Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: Remington Peckinpaw Davis Inc. Problem Solution: Remington Peckinpaw Davis Inc. MMPBL510 / Implementing Organizational Initiatives University of Phoenix March 14, 2011 Problem Solution: Remington Peckinpaw Davis Inc. Remington Peckinpaw Davis is an asset group experiencing technical problems with its online trading services. The company needs to be more proactive in the research and development of its software and techniques and stop guessing the costs the project, given the failure of the first phase of the strategic implementation. “Successful implementation requires both technical and social skills. Project managers have to plan and budget projects as well as orchestrate the contributions of other” (Gray & Larson, 2006. p. 14). Table 1 Issues and Opportunities Identification | | | | |Issues |Opportunities |Reference to Specific | | | |Course Concept | |Data reliability: Harlan’s data, estimates |An effective project monitoring system can|“A project monitoring system involves determining what | |and development plans were not accurate, |assist (RPD) in ensuring that the...
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...Ethical Dilemma Wilbert Thacker CMGT/575 December 1, 2014 Gordon Hodgson Ethical Dilemma Ethical dilemmas, also known as a moral dilemmas, are situations in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In such cases, societal and personal ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for the chooser. Ethical dilemmas assume that the chooser will abide by societal norms, such as codes of law or religious teachings, in order to make the choice ethically impossible (Your Dictionary, 2014). As a project manager it is their job to manage and get to know their team. The CIO has informed the project manager that his/her team will be released and the department will be outsourced. In this situation the first step that should be taken is gathering all of the facts. The CIO has informed the project manager that their department would be outsourced and their team would be released but there was no reason provided. As a concerned project manager it is almost their obligation to research to what led up to this decision. A decision this drastic couldn’t have possibly be made over night. The main ethical issue here is it has to be a trust issue between the company they are providing the service for and the project management team. Most of those issues revolve around project management teams not completing a service on time or a service not meeting expectations. Many people will...
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...The Complexity of Ethical Decision Making Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart remarked, "Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do." In parsing out a virtuous ethical identity, psychologists strive to embrace several American Psychological Association [APA]-worthy overarching principles, to apply the enumerated guidelines within the Code of Ethics, and to cultivate personal and professional integrity in their quest to serve others. Furthermore, making an ethical commitment to placing the well-being of clients above one’s own personal feelings is paramount in providing effective therapeutic services that clients seek. However, the gentle human interplay of dependency, power, and will; the uniqueness and unpredictability of autonomous human beings; and the complexity of personality, behavior, and the inimitable experiences of each individual clearly drive and complicate the process of ethical decision-making. In espousing the “very highest ethical ideals of the profession (Hill, 2008),” eventually every psychologist must find a way to merge her purely objective, linear, and rational ethical catechism with her own intuitive responses to best reflect and balance her style, therapeutic orientation, and professional belief system with the needs of each distinct client. Conversely, a purely sensate approach to ethical decision-making, it seems, relies too heavily on subjectivity, whimsy, and emotions...
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...CONSENT FORM Thank you for being willing to take part in this interview exploring ethical conflict or turbulence. I would like to transcribe the content of this interview to form a written document to be submitted to Sheffield Hallam University as a piece of assessed piece of coursework. It is important that you only take part in this interview if you want to. As such I would be delighted if you would complete and sign this confidentiality questionnaire prior to the interview taking place. (i) In general terms are you willing to take part in this interview: and an edited transcript of the interview submitted to Sheffield Hallam? Yes (ii) Are you happy for your own name to be used in the transcript: or do you want the final transcript to written up with a pseudonym? Own name (iii) Are you happy for the names of other people and organisations to be used in the final transcript: or do you want all other names to be content of this transcription to be submitted to Sheffield Hallam? Pseudonyms (iv) Are you happy for me to submit the final transcript without you reviewing it - or do you want to reserve the right to see the final transcript before I submit? Submit unseen (v) Sometimes the ethical dilemmas described in these transcripts provide real life case studies that can be helpful to show other students, and can provide rich data for research projects. Would you be willing for this transcript to be used in further teaching or research - or would you prefer...
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...nurse, ethical dilemmas can arise at any moment. It is imperative that through proper education and training registered nurses have the ethical capacity and intelligence to work through these issues with compassion and integrity. Take into account he following case scenario; a 6-year-old child develops a high fever, vomiting, and convulsions at school. After seeking medical care, the diagnosis of meningitis is reached and the physician requests to start treatment from the child’s parents. The parents are divorced; the mother has primary custody but is not the biological parent. The mother is a Christian Scientist who insists that no medical treatment be initiated per her religious beliefs. The biological father resides in another state, but he insists that treatment be initiated and seeks independent consultation from another physician. Through ethical decision making with assistance from Uustal’s nine-step model, it is possible to identify the ethical dilemma presented, integrate the decision-making model to identify an ethical solution, and incorporate family dialogue to both parents of the child regarding the issue at hand. When an ethical decision must be made, one must first identify the ethical dilemma. "...An ethical dilemma is a common type of situation that involves two, or more, morally correct courses of action that cannot both be followed” (Purtilo, Ruth & Doherty, 2011, p. 57). Ethical dilemmas involve both ethical conflict and conduct. "An ethical dilemma occurs...
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...Option 2: EthicsGame Dilemmas ETH/316 Option 2: EthicsGame Dilemmas Introduction The project that was presented included the application of personal values in working through two different ethical dilemmas. In order to work through each of the dilemmas two analytical skill sets were used to come to a resolution. The first skill set involved the use of the four ethical lenses. The lenses include the Results Lens, Rights/Responsibility Lens, Relationship Lens, and Reputation Lens. The second skill involves the use of the Baird Decision Model which is a five-step process that gives a systematic approach to the resolution of an ethical dilemma. The five steps of the Baird Decision Model include: * Step 1: Be Attentive * Step 2: Be Intelligent * Step 3: Be Reasonable * Step 4: Be Responsible * Step 5: Be Reflective The combination of the ethical lenses with the decision model provides the groundwork to come up with, good value based, solutions to ethical conflict (Rian Brown, 2014). Mysterious Blogger The first ethical conflict that was presented was that of the “Mysterious Blogger.” In this simulation the Director of Information Technology, who is responsible for managing all internal information system functions which include systems programming, application programming, networks, and computer operations, is presented with an employee who is leaking the proprietary company information to the public through a blog sight as an anonymous...
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...Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values Sharlene Cruz PHI 445 Personal & Organizational Ethics Prof. Robert Wengryzn March 03, 2014 Analysis of Personal and Organizational Ethics and Values In this paper, the author will compare and contrast 2 health care organization’s; Sutter Health Care, a non-profit organization whose mission statement is; “We enhance the well-being of people in the communities we serve through a not-for-profit commitment to compassion and excellence in health care services.” Then there is St. Joseph’s Health Care, a for profit organization whose mission statement is; “To extend the healing ministry of Jesus in the tradition of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange by continually improving the health and quality of life of people in the communities we serve.” Both mission statements, although worded differently, hold the same meaning in regards to community health care, however one basing it’s care on religious overtures. Sutter Health Organization’s website claim they are the largest and most popular health organization in Northern California. Sutter health as it is known today was created in 1996 through the merger of its Sacramento based organization and the Bay Area based Health care System. In part it was created due to many physicians and small clinics and hospitals needing to close their doors due to rising costs and the difficulty of health payments. Sutter Health’s organization is a vast network of health care...
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...Deidre Hanson Case Facts Alex Morgan is a partner in a CPA firm located in a small Midwestern city, which has a population of approximately 85,000. Mr. Morgan’s practice is primarily in the area of financial planning; however, he also performs an annual audit on the city’s largest bank. Recently, Mr. Morgan was engaged by a wealthy couple, Paul and Sara Joseph, to prepare a comprehensive personal financial plan. While preparing the plan, Mr. Morgan became personal friends of the Josephs. They confided to him that they have had a somewhat rocky marriage and, on several occasions, seriously discussed divorce. Preparation of the comprehensive personal financial plan, which is nearing completion, has taken six months. During this period, Mr. Morgan also performed the annual audit for the bank. The audit test sample selected at random from the bank’s loan files included the records of Paul and Sara Joseph. Because certain information in the loan files did not agree with facts personally known to Mr. Morgan, he became somewhat concerned about the implications for the audit. Although he did not disclose his client relationship with the Josephs, he did discuss their loan in detail with a loan officer. The loan officer is very familiar with the situation because he and Paul Joseph were college classmates, and now they play golf together weekly. The loan officer mentioned to Mr. Morgan that he believed Paul Joseph was “setting his wife up for a divorce”, by arranging...
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...1. What are Joseph’s ethical problems? a. Joseph’s ethical problems an employee paying off or giving “kickbacks” to some of his buyers. This could be considered a type of bribery, the practice of offering something in order to gain an illicit advantage, called “Facilitation Payments” payments made to obtain or retain business. Joseph also feels he has issues with his boss in what he perceived to be a “hostile work environment”. For a hostile work environment to exist there must be 3 criteria’s met; the conduct was unwelcome, the conduct was severe, pervasive, and regarded by the claimant as so hostile or offensive as to alter his or her working conditions and the conduct was such that any reasonable would find it hostile or offensive. Joseph believes if he were to tell his boss of the situation he could be putting himself and Carl up for termination. 2. Imagine you are Joseph. Discuss your options. a. Joseph has an ethical issue, which is a problem, situation, or opportunity that requires an individual group, or organization to choose among several actions that must be evaluated as right or wrong, with one of his sales people giving kickbacks for some of his buyers to gain an advantage over the other sales associates, he does not have an ethical dilemma which in the same situations he would need to choose among several wrong or unethical actions. b. Joseph should start with talking to Carl and advise him of the unethical behavior and come up with some fair solutions...
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...Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 - Questions and Exercises Chapter 1 (pages 26-27) 1. What are the potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation? The potential ethical issues faced by Acme Corporation is giving gifts can lead to dilemmas about whether the gift being given will be perceived as a bribe or simply a gift. If gifts are given, it shouldn’t be given to one person, but instead, an entire team or division. As this could cause other members of the team to feel that there is something more is happening. In this specific case, Frank is giving personal gifts only to Otis, which could cause problems for Frank and/or Acme Corporation in the future. 2. What should Acme do if there is a desire to make ethics a part of its core organizational values? Acme Corporation should make sure that all the rules and guidelines are in writing as well as communicate them to all the personnel as part of its core organizational values. These guidelines should detail items including the giving of gifts to customers as far as a maximum dollar amount or the number of times you are allowed to do it per customer. 3. Identify the ethical issues of which Frank needs to be aware. The ethical issue that Frank needs to be aware of is the fact that, Otis can perceives the gifts he is being given as a bribe. It seemed as Frank was unsure about Otis’ request in Vegas, what will happen if he doesn’t satisfy this request? It’s good to go with your initial feeling and if needed, say no in a professional...
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...Impropriety, misconduct or ethical dilemma faced by directors, company secretary and accountant of locally listed company with manufacturing operations in China and sales markets overseas. Name | Position | Impropriety, misconduct or ethical dilemma | Joseph Wan | Chairman | * Acquainted with external auditor of the Company by requesting Ken Tse (external auditor) to expedite the completion of an audit report within six weeks and offering full payment of audit fees without requesting any discount. * Wave of Fred Wong concern on On Yee Exports Ltd’s is in the brink of bankruptcy. * Wanted to sell Monfold to Mitchell and Meyer despite the Company facing | Fred Wong | INED andAC Chairman | * Despite having interest (INED and AC Chairman) in Manfold, he also a director (On Yee Exports Ltd) of Manfold’s major distributer in USA * On Yee Exports Ltd is facing bankruptcy | Matthew Ip | INED | * Leakage of insider dealing by informing his wife about possible take of Manfold by Mitchell and Meyer which lead to increase in share price. Matthew Ip’s wife subsequently make good gains which the increase in share price. | Maggie Mok | ED | * Not disclosing her interest in Manfold’s to Mitchell & Meyer when they hired her firm (Big Capital)to provide information on business situation and possibility takeover. | Daniel Kot | MD | * Loosen the credit policy, * extend long-term credit to customer * Secretly signed collateral agreement with the distributors...
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...connotations. Positive values would include freedom, literacy, or compassion. Negative values would include tardiness, cruelty, or criminal behavior. Society places emphasis on positive values to help keep the social structure together. Ethics are the moral precepts of a group or individual. Ethics are what determine if a value is positive or negative. When someone places a moral discussion on a value, he or she is using ethics. Career success is hard to define because it is something different for each person and group. Most people would say career success would be to reach for the pinnacle of their profession. Some however would define career success as how well they perform their duties. Career success is therefore shaped by the values and ethical beliefs of an individual and possible a group. When an individual researches professional values and...
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...Placing Value on Life: Is One More Valuable Than Another? Cheanel Nolden Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 Professor Elizabeth Tinch August 15, 2013 A woman lies in the hospital in labor in January 2007. After more than twenty hours, the doctor and several nurses come in to speak to the woman’s family. Her blood pressure is very high, and she is at risk of having a dry birth. All of this is further complicated by the fact that the baby has a hole in his heart, and has lungs that have not developed properly. The doctor speaks to the woman’s grandmother. She wants to know, in the event of a C-section that could go awry, which patient should be saved – the twenty-four year old mother, or her still unseen baby boy. The grandmother speaks with no hesitation, stating that everything possible should be done to save her granddaughter, meaning that the child could die. Through her tears, the mother begs for just the opposite, pleading for her child’s life to be saved, even if it is at the expense of her own. From her hospital bed, she tries her best to change her grandmother’s mind. Her grandmother firmly maintains that the woman may have other children in the future, and that if she dies today, the grandmother would possibly be left to raise a young child in her old age, and that child may have a disability. Her blood pressure continues to rise as she is overcome with fear and hurt at the prospect of losing this child that she has...
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...satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than moral conduct. Simply put, ethics involves learning what is right or wrong, and then doing the right thing -- but "the right thing" is not nearly as straightforward as conveyed in a great deal of business ethics literature. Most ethical dilemmas in the workplace are not simply a matter of "Should Bob steal from Jack?" or "Should Jack lie to his boss?" (Many ethicists assert there's always a right thing to do based on moral principle, and others believe the right thing to do depends on the situation -- ultimately it's up to the individual.) Many philosophers consider ethics to be the "science of conduct." Philosophers have been discussing ethics for at least 2500 years, since the time of Socrates and Plato. Many ethicists consider emerging ethical beliefs to be "state of the art" legal matters, i.e., what becomes an ethical guideline today is often translated to a law, regulation or rule tomorrow. Values which guide how we ought to behave are considered moral values, e.g., values such as respect, honesty, fairness, responsibility, etc. Statements around how these values are applied are sometimes called moral or ethical principles. THREE TYPES OF ETHICS Descriptive Ethics: Descriptive ethics involves describing how people behave and/or the moral standards they claim to follow. Descriptive ethics incorporates research from anthropology, psychology, sociology and history to understand beliefs about moral norms. Atheists...
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...Leadership Development Seminars and ECQ-based Readings The success or failure of any endeavor depends on leadership. Now, more than ever before, we need leaders in our organizations and in our world. Great leaders create and communicate a vision and move people into action to achieve it. They ignite our passion and inspire us to do our best. Government leaders in the 21st century are experiencing change at a more rapid pace than previous generations. Rapid advances in technology have expanded the quantity of work we are capable of accomplishing, and also where it’s accomplished. We have a more highly educated workforce, yet face diminishing resources with an increased demand for productivity, and the essential services we provide to the American public. To be successful at navigating these challenges leaders must develop the essential skills to motivate their employees, effectively communicate with others, fine-tune critical thinking skills, and build and leverage partnerships. Future leaders must also be visionary; i.e., possess the ability to identify trends and the courage to be innovative. Being technically adept in your field will no longer be enough. In response to these demands on senior executives, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management identified five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) that all aspiring government leaders and executives must possess. These ECQs and Fundamental Competencies were developed by OPM after extensive research on the attributes...
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