Analyzing Business Ethical Dilemmas (Practice)

Practice: Analyzing Business Ethical Dilemmas Reflect (5 points) 1. Describe an ethical dilemma related to an employee's behavior at work or work discipline. (1 point) You may be faced with an ethical dilemma when something at work goes against your personal ethics, morals and values. This could be something that one of your colleagues or managers is doing, or something that you are doing yourself. 2. Describe an ethical dilemma related to work quality. (1 point) An example could be if you work for a fast-food place, you could be making the food fast, but your being judge on how it looks when your done like the quality of the meat the cheese how much you put like that’s the work quality how good of a job are you doing with your work and what it looks like when its finished. 3. Describe an ethical dilemma related to employee relations. (1 point) An ethical dilemma or ethical paradox is a decision-making problem between two possible moral imperatives, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. The complexity arises out of the situational conflict in which obeying would result in transgressing another. 4. Describe an ethical dilemma related to information and communication. (1 point) An ethical dilemma related to information and communication is Saying the company goal is to do one thing but have different intentions. 5. Describe an ethical dilemma related to pricing or advertising. (1 point) Price skimming, discriminating through time. Analyze (10 points) Analyze the given scenario for potential ethical concerns. Susan has just begun a new job. The office's computers are automatically set to inform employees when the computer anti-virus software is due to be updated. This web-security technology is vital to keeping business documents safe. However, Susan does not pay attention to the alerts that pop up on her computer, which results in the anti-virus software expiring. Susan regularly gets distracted from her assignments and begins perusing websites for personal interests rather than for her assignment. Unfortunately, one day a computer virus infects her computer from one of these websites; she quickly notices problems. When she realizes what has happened, Susan is worried and uncertain. She waits until the end of the day to inform her manager of this incident. Because of her negligence, it's possible that this virus infect her company's confidential data. In her company’s workplace rules and regulations, she was told explicitly to stay away from questionable websites due to the sensitive nature of the information on her computer. 1. In this scenario, what is the importance of anti-virus software and other similar virus protection programs? (2 points) The importance of anti-virus software it to help prevent a virus (such as malware) from infecting the computer/electronic device and preventing the possibility of a security breach within the company’s system. 2. What steps could Susan have taken to help prevent this incident from occurring? (2 points) Susan could have easily prevented this scenario from happening by paying attention to why she was supposed to, following the rules, and staying away from suspicious websites. 3. Besides the importance of network security, what other ethical issue does this scenario illustrate? (2 points) The ethical issues this scenario illustrates is the lack of attention employees have in the workplace. 4. What data privacy or legal issues could result from employees' use of the Internet on their company's server? (2 points) The company could lose valuable and confidential data within their program by hackers. 5. Besides avoiding unfamiliar websites, what other measures can be taken to ensure a virus doesn't infect your company's computer network? (2 points) Companies could set up mandated reminders to their employees to keep track of their anti-virus software and make sure it’s up to date. Synthesize (15 points) Imagine you are the executive of a marketing company. Beginning this year, the company will begin conducting an inhouse course for your employees about ethics in the workplace. Design an appropriate course that will best fit the needs of your employees. 1. How often do you think this course should be offered for your employees? (1 point) I think the course should be offered to all people in retail. 2. There are a number of different ethical issues you could discuss with your employees. What topics would serve as a good basis for the beginning of the course? (2 points) Viruses and websites you shouldn't be on. 3. It is important to make certain that your employees are aware of the work ethic expected at your company. What work ethics issues would be most ideal for your employees? (3 points) Viruses and malware. 4. To create a trustworthy work environment, it is crucial for your employees to be aware of the ethical standard you personally hold. What manager-related ethical concerns would you communicate to your employees? (3 points) Communication. 5. List activities that could be used to ensure your employees understand the concepts discussed in the course? (3 points) Groups so that they can work on their communication skills. 6. Online privacy and protection are crucial ethical concerns for employees to be aware of. What topics would you plan to cover in your course? (3 points) Malware viruses and protection sweeps.