Ethical Decisions in Business
The decisions that we had to make in RDM so far is related to choosing among financial, marketing, or other alternatives. A manager in an organisation can be put in a situation where they have to make ethical decisions. Here there is a problem-how much ethics weigh? I will give an example and then question it.
If you are a sales manager and you have a sales man who is very bright to a degree that his sales figures is significantly high. This guy plays the main role of your organisation profitability. However, he is a "ladies guy" who brings his behaviours into the organisation. You can see him flirting with women in the office and might come to touch them. Many women complained about it. His behaviour continues although you have warned hem many times. If continues like that you are afraid of harassment lawsuit but firing him has a big impact on your business. How to decide?
Some might say that some tools like OMI can serve in such cases. I think that ethicality evaluation is much complicated than putting it into a tool. What about the bias involved too?
Some researchers, however, suggest other tools that can be used in ethical decision making in business. Never have the chance to read them in detail.
31 May 2011 17:46
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The sale man is indeed important for the organization in a short time. But he will impact on organization’s working attitude in the long-term if he is reluctant to change it better. ‘Tools’ can help us resolve problems, but tools cannot help us improve ethics.
31 May 2011, 20:59
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