...Reading, the A7D affair case, I immediately reminded me of the Firestone tire malfunction that I read in my public relations class, where a recall was done to all customers who purchased their tires. The biggest questioning factor within this case contradicts personal moral for business success. Would changes of design been made? Several practices discussed within Chapter 1 were exemplified throughout this case such as groupthink, diffusion of responsibility, bystander apathy, self-interest, conscience and moral judgment. The replacement design was not possible to complete for the schedule of delivery that was promised to customers. Since Lawson brought the issue to Warren’s attention, he denied the design being the probable cause. Once Lawson went to Sink, it put him in a difficult position. Because if Sink approved the design it wouldn’t look good, Although Vandivier did demonstrate the practice of “groupthink”, the blame was constantly pushed off to another in this company crisis. Vandivier was outweighing the costs of his personal life benefits (family life) vs. business benefits when determining his direction of ethics and decisions. Failure of communication within employees and departments was detrimental and therefore the organizational norms should be revised within the corporation. According to Shaw and Barry (2013), “business has no ethics” (p.5). When first reading chapter 1, I was in a bit of disgust from this statement but after reviewing this case...
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...Goodrich made a low biding to produce the four-disk brake for LTV Aerospace Corporation. Additionally, Goodrich would like take advantage of the opportunity to regain business cooperation with LTV. However, the production failed to pass the testing. Therefore, Vandivier asked to change the original design and produce the five-disk instead of the formal one, but the suggestion was refused by the officials. As the result, Vandivier had to write the qualification report to prove the production satisfies the specific standardization. Unfortunately, the design of Goodrich was denied by the LTV due to failure testing, and then the company comprised and replaced by the five-disk brake in the end. Based on the analyzing the A7D affair, the main issue addressed in the case is “what can a worker choose between individual integrity and loyalty to the company”. In other words, when the officials require the profit seems to be immoral or even illegal, as a worker, could he tell the truth or comply with the decision made by the director of the company. Through the different attitudes and responses to the unqualified brake by different person within the company, the author brought the business issue into discussion. Furthermore, same person also have the different attitudes for the unqualified brake. For example, Vanivier wanted to preserve his individual integrity at first and changed his attitude in order to save his job eventually. Therefore, the issue could be addressed. Eventually, Goodrich...
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...Title Length Color Rating Different Viewpoints of Business Ethics - Introduction The purpose of this short paper is to compare and contrast three different peer-reviewed journal articles and one online periodical. First, the paper provides a brief introduction of the four articles. Second, the paper compares and contrasts the four articles. Finally, the author presents his views on the topic of social responsibility and business ethics before concluding the paper. Four Articles All four articles center their focus on business ethics. Of the four articles, three are scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles and one, by Friedman, is an online periodical.... [tags: Business, Ethics] :: 4 Works Cited 2005 words (5.7 pages) Strong Essays [preview] Alahmad and Murphy on Business Ethics - The first two journal articles that were compared and contrasted were Ala Alahmad’s 2010 article on To Be Ethical or Not to Be: An International Code of Ethics for Leadership and Patrick Murphy’s 2009 article on The Relevance of Responsibility to Ethical Business Decisions. Some key findings of Alahmad’s writings were that ethics and leadership were closely tied together; they were found to be derivatives of one another. He mentioned that ethics is an individual thought process of making good or poor decisions.... [tags: Business Ethics] :: 4 Works Cited 970 words (2.8 pages) Strong Essays [preview] Ethical Perspectives on Business Ethics - The determination of this paper is to compare...
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