...Identify five specific ethical issues that 21st century ethical managers must confront. Which of the ethical perspectives described in this chapter seems best suited to resolve such ethical issues? Why? In studying and evaluating ethics and legal aspects in business, it is right to be concerned with the potential ethical issues that managers face in the 21st century. There are countless legal and ethical issues faced by managers in today’s business world, and sometimes unless you are the one in the management position it is likely that you are completely oblivious to the legal and decisions faced by managers. There are however, some legal and ethical decisions that are quite common and can be readily identified or recognized by the public’s eye as a result of mass media or common knowledge. Among the recognizable ethical issues are bribery, discrimination, deceptions, falsifying financial documents, and violation of worker’s rights. First, when it comes to bribery, the ethical issue often occurs in global business due to the undefined lines of business overseas. Companies are bound by the Foreign Corruptions Practices Act (FCPA)that defines lines for global business however not all global businesses practices such high levels of ethics as the United States and influence and bribery, sometimes named gifting or courtesy, may be hard to identify outside of the United States. The FCPA website identifies “Financial institutions [as] the most impacted group under the legislation...
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...Quality managers frequently encounter a bunch of ethical and legal issues whilst objectifying TQM programs, especially in business ventures which are exceptionally directed, lets take for instance, health care, like in medicinal services organizations, like, hospitals, quality managers are frequently confronted with ethical problems or legal boundaries when they join quality changes in the organization. It is a result of the way healthcare is to an incredible degree coordinated industry and changes proposed by the quality managers frequently struggle with the legal rules or are not fit from ethical perception, one example is those identified with patient's health. So as to address such legal and ethical issues in profoundly controlled workplace where ethics is an extremely delicate issue, Quality managers ought to be included in-or mindful of the moral approach of the organization, for example, hospitals. The combination of ethical and legal issues can best be sought after a specific improvement in quality management has been achieved. Particularly, issues in the field of trustworthiness and business related productivity appear to be fitting for reconciliation. A blend of a regulating and bottom up quality methodology is by all accounts the best approach. The government could invigorate the acknowledgment of combination of quality management and ethical arrangement by encouraging contracts on this issue, utilizing those proposals. One more ethical issue which is confronted by...
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...Chapter One Law, Value Creation, and Risk Management A Manager’s Dilemma: Putting It into Practice Guanxi: Networking or Bribery? Issue Presented: Should a business leader in China encourage a manager to run for office? Engage in guanxi lobbying to encourage district leaders to impose stiffer emissions and mileage requirements for heavy trucks? Hire the son of a prominent local official? Whenever engaging in international business development, managers are expected to exercise their responsibilities according to the laws and practices of the countries where they conduct business. However, a manager should also consider the ethical standards in the home country, where the firm is headquartered and where the board of directors will review his or her performance, as well as what the shareholders would consider ethically acceptable. In China, companies have a long history of engaging in political activities. Chinese executives are frequently elected to local or national government to engage in guanxi lobbying, where they are permitted to make charitable contributions and report issues relevant to their corporation to the government. The Election Act of China permits the local manager of Dexter’s affiliate to seek election as a congressperson while remaining on Dexter’s payroll. In light of this legislation, the manager could run for office and, if elected, lobby to persuade district leaders to impose stiffer emissions and mileage requirements for heavy trucks...
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...Ethical Issues in Management Jaceson Bradford MGT 216 May 3, 2010 Bill Link Introduction In today’s workplace it is important to understand how making an accurate hiring decision can affect the organization. With jobs becoming increasingly difficult to arrive at because of the economy, applicants for employment are willing to misrepresent their credentials in the application process. Managers are faced with ethical and legal aspects of hiring along with social issues that make ethically responsible management practices increasingly important. This paper will provide information about ethical and legal aspects associated with hiring and provide moral and ethical issues faced by managers. This paper will also describe the relationship between social issues and ethically responsible practices that relate to hiring. Moral and Ethical Issues Many people don’t understand the cost related to making a poor hiring decision. From productivity, customer service, and liability prospective have been widely studied and has been estimated to be three times the annual salary of the individual involved (Calvasina, Calvasina, & Calvasina 2008). Therefore, it is important for managers to make their decisions of an applicant based on skills as well as moral and ethical values. It is very difficult at times for managers because their responsibilities include not only hiring, but also promotion, conduct of employees, and motivation. But it is even more important...
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...society. With its added growth companies and managers need to be fully aware of the business that they conduct online. They also need to be concerned with jurisdiction and how that may affect the business. In the event of an issue the company should be informed about alternative dispute resolutions. The manager should understand the agency relationship and its effect on the company. Social Media Social Media is increasingly becoming the preferred medium for businesses to use as a means to advertise and promote a business. Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are some of the most popular social media sites today. Social Media is relatively inexpensive for businesses to use and it reaches millions of people instantaneously. These sites give the consumer a relatively simple means of communicating with the business. Facebook is currently the most popular of the social media sites. Facebook allows a company to setup their own direct page that a customer can like the companies, use links to access websites or promotions. On the companies Facebook page customers have the ability to post comments. Using Facebook as a means for a business to promote and provide access to that particular company comes with a lot of legal responsibility that an astute manager would need to be aware of. There are four major components that a legally astute manager would need to be aware of. The first component that the legally astute manager needs to be concerned with is the companies...
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...getting himself into when he accepted Mr. Larson’s offer to become Program Manager for the Orion Shield Project. Although Gary had a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering and 14 years’ experience as a project engineer, his education and engineering experience could not have properly prepared him for the large undertaking the Orion Shied Project turned out to be (Orion shield project, 2003, p.1). Managing a program is different and more difficult than managing one project, it is like managing multiple projects and people at once, there is much more involved. According to Schwalbe, “Many program managers worked as project managers earlier in their careers” (2012). Gary had no previous project management experience, which already put him at a disadvantage as a program manager. Had he possessed the knowledge, skills and tools required of program managers, he may have been more successful. Not only did Gary lack the knowledge, skills, and tools to properly manage the program, he also lacked the proper support from leadership. Red flags should have went off for Gary from the very beginning that Mr. Larson would not provide the guidance Gary needed to be a successful program manager. Throughout the course of the project, Orion Shield was plagued with technical, ethical, legal, contractual, and other miscellaneous program management issues. With the proper knowledge, skills, tools and support from management, these issues could have been avoided and Gary’s career in program management could...
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...11 6.1 Risk Matrix Key……………………………………………….. 12 7.0 Project challenges and lessons learnt……………………………………... 13 7.1 Lighting…………………………………………………………13 7.2 Coastal inundation and erosion…………………………….. 13 7.3 Noise…………………………………………………………… 13 8.0 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………. 14 9.0 References…………………………………………………………………… 15 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN This document puts forward a project management plan for the redevelopment of Ettalong Foreshore. The intended audience of this project management plan includes the project manager and team, and the government and community stakeholders. This project management plan aims to present the main considerations, standards and requirements of the project. The report will list the main considerations, standards and requirements through a stakeholder list, project timeline, budget, risks, communications and project issues. 1.2 BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT Ettalong Beach is part of the Woy Woy Peninsula (Central Coast of NSW). The drive to redevelop Ettalong Foreshore was instigated by community and business...
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... 3 Contractual Issues 4-5 Technical Issues 5-6 Ethical and Legal Issues 6-7 Project Management Issues 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to analyze the implications that Gary Larsen was faced with as project manager in the Orion Shield Project Case Study. Gary Larsen, who was chosen as project manager was faced with many hurdles and his inexperience as the project manager definitely had negative implications on the triple constraints of the project: scope, time and cost. In this paper, I will address the problems Gary Allison faced: contractual, legal, ethical, technical and project management. Henry Larsen chose Gary Allison to be project manager, knowing full well he did not have the knowledge, nor the know-how to be a project manager, especially of such a big project. I will address Henry Larsen’s unethical behavior and poor leadership skills as well. Henry Larsen tried to put all the blame on his project manager, but he as a sponsor was practically absent and let the project get totally out of control. My recommendation would be to have a project manager with experience and proper leadership skills who will be able to ensure the success of the project and be able to meet the triple constraints of scope, price and cost to meet the needs of the stakeholder. The project manager must also have open...
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...Ethic Issues in Management Conel Joseph MGT/216 September 1, 2010 Chrystal Tart Ethic Issues in Management In business ethic issues occurs on a regular basics. How does business resolve these matters? What legal aspect does management may have to address? In any business management has to prepare for ethic issues. The businesses realize that being unaware of ethic issues in the company can be a problem waiting to erupt. In this paper I will discuss moral and ethical issues, social issues responsible in management, and legal aspects facing management. In the business world management has multiple tasks to complete on a daily basic. In a business managers are seen as a leadership role. The leader must be productive efficiency with a group of employees. The task of handling moral and ethical issues is critical aspect that management has to address. The moral issues can be tough to handle. Individuals view morals as what is right and wrong pertaining to all situations. Ethic issues ties into the moral views of the employee as well. The norm is that everyone knows right from wrong. In the workplace employee are diverse and unique. Also there are different ethnicity, race, gender, ages, and physical disabilities in the workplace. Some of the moral and ethics issue managers have to face are termination, hiring, working hours, work ethic bias, discipline, and harassment. How do managers tackle such a major problem facing business around the country? The first...
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...100- Business Law Professor Latarsha Jones A legally astute manager recognizes and shows an appreciation for the law and identifies and makes legal considerations at each level of development and implementation. Respect for the law serves as the building blocks in the development of a management team. Following appropriate behaviors and adhering to the guidelines in the law represents the importance of meeting societal expectations and norms (Bagley, 2013 page 15). This set of attitudes that is value laden can mitigate the risk involved in doing business in Facebook. Violence and suffering is often continuous in a media culture. This can sometimes cause an indifference to the vision of human suffering (Chacksfield, 2009). A legally astute marketing manager can acquire the data, consumer feedback and reactions which represents moral concerns. Collaborative efforts of the marketing manager can be made to create sites that represents standards of how society’s behavior should be and drive all aspects of a management teams. The legally astute marking manager seeks legal counsel, advice, and guidance and is proactive in addressing the legal dimensions of business. All concerns should be addressed in ways that are effective, efficient, and legally permissible (Bagley, 2009, page 13). Legal advice in all aspects of the business allows a legally astute manager to be proactive as opposed to being reactive in legal issues and guidelines which allows less time for corrections and a greater...
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...CONTRACT LABOUR Legal issue and the nature of Legal issue Establishments may face legal issues if its employees or labors or people working for their cause are not provided with the welfare and health benefits. The facilities of sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water, a sufficient number of latrines and urinals, washing facilities and first-aid facilities shall be provided by the contractor. If any of the above facilities is not provided by the contractor within the period prescribed the same shall be provided by the principal employer. Legislations involved in the legal issue Contract Labor (Regulation and Abolition) Act includes the details of various welfare and health facilities that should be provided to the labor in the chapter V. In the various sections and subsections, it is clearly defined the facilities like canteen, restroom that should be provided to the labor and also its quality is defined. It says that the facilities should be provided by the contractor and in case the contractor is not able to provide the same due to any reason it should be the duty of principal to provide the same. All expenses incurred by the principal employer in providing the amenity may be recovered by the principal employer from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor. The parties involved in the legal issue The details of the various parties involved in the legal issue are as follows: ...
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...story of a newly appointed project manager whose poor leadership, unbalanced actions and unethical decision resulted in almost failing a project of manufacturing a Shuttle Launch Booster component for NASA. While the project was originally subcontracted by another company, it eventually produced a product that met most of the requirements, but the project was overwhelmed by many technical, ethical, legal, contractual and other project management challenges that caused cost overruns, strained internal relationships and customer distrust and dissatisfaction. These serious issues could be properly addressed with adequate management support, effective training, timely communication, and proper software tools which are vital for any project success. Thus the project could meet all its requirements as well as the internal and external stakeholder satisfaction. Introduction: The Orion Shield Project is a practical story of a newly appointed project manager whose poor leadership, unbalanced actions and unethical decision resulted in almost failing a project of manufacturing a Shuttle Launch Booster component for NASA. While the project was originally subcontracted by another company, it eventually produced a product that met most of the requirements, but the project was overwhelmed by many technical, ethical, legal, contractual and other project management challenges that could have resulted to fail it. However, it did result in demoting the project manager to his previous job as he failed...
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...Ethical Issues in Management Whilst society is essentially based upon performance and profit, it is not unusual to find that ethical issues abound in the process of the performance review. Social, moral, and economic pressures can also influence the ethical issues which are bound up in the performance review. To further complicate matters, there are often legal aspects that have to be considered, along with the ethical issues, that are influenced by the social, moral, and economic pressures, that are all bound up in the process of the performance review. It is hardly surprising that most managers and supervisors dread this part of their job. The following will describe a workplace example of the performance review process, including two ethical issues faced by the managers, the social, moral, and economic pressures that could influence the ethical issues, and some legal aspects faced during this process. Performance Review Process The Company, a successful retail corporation, has a policy of annual reviews for in store hourly employees on their anniversary dates. The reviews are on preprinted forms with number scores ranging from 1-poor to 4-excellent in twenty-five different categories. Annual raises are based on performance and the Company does not have an annual cost of living raise. Most in store hourly employees, in position for more than four years, will reach a raise cap for the position and then only receive a $0.05 an hour raise unless they have an excellent score...
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...| | | Jextra Neighbourhood Stores in Malaysia By Nichole Williams, AMBA660, January 22, 2013 | | | Introduction This analysis consists of the issues of bribery and business deals that are direct conflicts of interest facing Jextra’s country manager for the Neighbourhood Markets Division in Malaysia, Tom Chong. During this analysis the areas of social ethical and legal challenges, how Chong should address the issues, should managers be held accountable for corruption, where to go for guidance if these matters where to arise in your company and lastly; recommend steps for Jextra to help build its corporate culture for the long term benefit of the company. What are the major social, ethical, or legal challenges that Jextra faces in operating in Malaysia? Are these the kind of issues Chong should have anticipated as a country manager? The major social, ethical and legal challenges that Jextra faces while operating in Malaysia include bribery and conflicts of interest. The issues that Jextra is facing are not uncommon in international business, and as a country manager Chong should anticipate these types of issues to as well as other legal issues that include product safety and liability, marketing practice, rule of origin, jurisdiction, and intellectual property protection when conducting international business as described in DRS. (pg 129) How should Chong resolve the requests from the mayor of Klang? Resolving the request from the mayor of Klang is a...
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...This article will explain the ethical issues that managers must abide by when hiring new employees. There are many issues that must be reviewed before a final decision is made. Managers should not discriminate against race, religion, sex, disabilities, marital status, or sexual orientation. There have been several companies that have had legal trouble because of their hiring ethics. Ethical issues are important in the workforce. Managers should be trained in ethics so that any ethical issues that may arise during the hiring process can be stopped from escalating and becoming an issue later on. The article will go into detail on what to do and what not to do when hiring. Ethical Issues in Hiring The main characteristics of a profitable and long lasting company are ethics and social responsibility. There are many companies that have stood the task of time, all being built on a strong ethical background. There have also been some companies that have shown some less than outstanding ethics and social responsibility, examples include Enron, ImClone, and Wal-Mart. Unethical behavior can be found in all aspects of a business, which may include insider trading, employee relations and unethical accounting practices. One issue that is surrounded by ethics and morals is employee hiring. When a company acquires new employees they need to make sure that they are facilitating the ethical behavior...
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