Chapter 4

What are the 4 main categories of business?

1. People issues

2. conflict of interest

3. customer confidence issues

4. Use of corporate resources

People issues occur…

when ppl work together and r rooted in a lack of fairness

people issues fairness involve

• equity- do ppl working equally hard receive][‘p;l9iu equal wages?

• reciprocity- if u do this ill do that

• impartially - are u unbiased?

looking at the case through a consequentialist lens:

what questions are you asking the (3Ws)

• who are the stakeholders, and what are the harms and benefits to each?

• what could we do in this situation that would benefit the most ppl?

• what is the best decision for society overall?

Lisas case: Looing at the case through denotological Lens ,,,what do u look at?

• golden rule

• kant’s categorical imperative,what kind of world would it be if employers routinely treated employees in this way?

• Rawls’s veil of ignorance, how would u make this decision if u had no idea if Lisa was a man or a woman?

Lisas Case: looing at the case through the virtue ethics lens:,,,,what do u look at?

• how our decision would look to others if it were made public?

• if you consider ur own character and what u value, what decision feels best?

Discrimination

unequal treatment based on one’s race, gender, ethnicity origin, religion,age, or disability

Standard for hiring Promotions….

should be the ability to do a job

what does the Law say?

hows feeling are more considered?

according to the law, the cornerstone for determining whether sexual harassment occurred will be how uncomfortable a reasonable person would be w Joanne’s comments, and not what Joanne intended w her remarks

• how Bill felt will be considered more than what Joanne intended

Sexual Harassment is

Unwelcome sexually orientated behavior that makes someone feel uncomfortable at work

Two types of Sexual Harassment:

• Quid Pro Quo

• Hostile Work Environment

Quid Pro Quo is

sexual favors are a requirement or seem to be to go up at work

Hostile Work Environment is

a worker feels uncomfortable bc of unwelcome comments or behavior of a sexual nature

Conflict of Interest is and how to know if it is

Intersection of professional and personal interests

• is your judgement or objectivity comprimised—or could a 3rd party could think its comprimised—by a relationship you have w an individual or organization

4 conflicts of interest are,,,,,explain

• Bribes and Kickbacks: Accepting money or items of substantial value in exchange for giving someone favorable treatment.

• Subtle Bribes : Use the rule of reciprocity: if you cannot afford to reciprocate the same kind of gift you should not accept it.

• Influence: You should remove yourself from decision-making if it involves a friend or family member's business.

• Privileged information

is it a conflict of interest?

YES

4 Customer confidence issues

• confidentiality

• product safety

• truth in advertising

• special fiduciary responsibilities

What customer confidence issue is this?

Confidentiality

What customer confidence issue is this?

Product Safety

What customer confidence issue is this?

truth in advertising

What customer confidence issue is this?

special fiduciary responsibilities

Ethical Problem: Use of corporate Resources..why?

• use of corporate reputation

• corporate financial resources - stealing from office

• providing honest info - changing numbers to help company

What use of corporate resources is this? and why?

Use of corporate reputation

BC- u provided a reference

What use of corporate resources is this? and why? is this ok?

NO, bc you ,,,,,USE of corporate financial resources

What use of corporate resources is this? and why?

providing honest infromation

how to Blow the Whistle?

• approach ur immediate manager first

• discuss the issue with your family

• take it to the next level

• contact ur companys ethics officer or ombusdman

• consider going outside of ur chain of command

• go outside of the company

• leave the company

what is whistleblowing

Whistle-blowing is the act of reporting suspected serious wrongdoing within your organization

Do you alert the customer to the toxic waste?do u alert government regulators?

you can

• approach ur manager again

• escalate internally

• alerting the regulators

• quit ur job