The ethical issues involved in this case study is that White Lumber was $5000 below breakeven point and in order to reach the breakeven point used unethical practices. One among them was that they did not carry scaffold plank. Scaffold plank are wooden suspended planks between metal supporters. These scaffold planks were often used many floors above the ground in the construction industry. A close substitute of this plank was an ordinary lumber. The lumber had to be highly disinfected of the natural drawbacks it carried. Therefore, this construction lumber was altered with thickness of 3-inch instead of 2-inch claiming to have high strength in flexing. The grading rules on scaffold plank were comprehensive and restrictive. The difference between a scaffold plank and ordinary lumber was very difficult to identify. Hence all could be misguided except the trained eye. The second ethical issue was that Bob an employee received an order with Stan Parrish from Quality Lumber one of the company’s best retail dealer account. The order was said to be of ordinary lumber. Bob knew …show more content…
Since the company already has a slow start of the month additional loss of a best retailer would prompt sacking of employees who had been part of the organization for many years depending on the organizational benefits like Steve and Janet who are uneducated and are dependent on the current job wholly. Furthermore, White Lumber will not be able to achieve its break even sales and therefore it would run into losses, making it difficult for the company to meet its operating expenses. The other practical concern is that White Lumber will not be able to procure scaffold plank within the given time frame but can start looking for dealers in the neighboring areas to meet the future
When he hung up abruptly, Al tried to call him back, with no lick. Because he had other clients waiting, he took no further action. Later that night, he found out that Dale had killed his wife and himself. In responding to calls from the local newspaper and the police, Al acknowledged that Dale had called him, distraught, earlier in the day. A. Did any of Al’s action or inaction violate the Code of Ethics?
Respect for confidentiality, B.6.b. Confidentiality of records and documentation, and B.6.i. Reasonable precautions. 3. Nature of Ethical Dilemma
While reading the book, I evaluated the ethical conduct of the relevant characters. I personally felt that the conduct of Gerald M. Stern was ethical. He always put his client’s needs first while making
One example of this unethical way of business, was his way of acquiring “Allegheny Steel Company.” The company was beginning to become quite the competitor, using a new method that allowed the efficient, and effective production of steel. The company’s new method was so successful, they were able to undercut Carnegie’s own prices. However, Carnegie began spreading false rumors of the steel being manufactured by Allegheny Steel Company, implying it was ineffective, spreading alarm to their buyers. He was able to hurt their company and take the the reins.
Professional association https://www.nassm.com/ Sports management (“NASSM Home | North American Society for Sport Management,” n.d.) Purpose NASSM has an important purpose. According to the Purpose & History web page published on the nassm web site , “The purpose of the Society shall be to promote, stimulate, and encourage study, research, scholarly writing, and professional development in the area of sport management. This statement of purpose means that the members of this Society are concerned about the theoretical and applied aspects of management theory and practice specifically related to sport, exercise, dance, and play as these enterprises are pursued by all sectors of the population (2017).”
Case Study #1 Andrew Gonzalez Saint Leo University MGT 417 Case Study #1 The Meridian water pump case is about a small company that produces small water pumps. There was a meeting held within the department managers that pertained to making medium size pumps for the next 6months. Arguments were recorded between the marketing and sales manager, production manager, HR manager and finance manager. It seems to me that all were pointing the finger at one another on why things couldn’t get done and each department was slowing the other down by not efficiently running their departments.
In 2011, there was a tsunami in Japan and this natural disaster can lead to instabilities in the cost of raw materials. And this will affect the profit. Additionally, these circumstances can also affect Target’s loss of inventory and it can lead to merchandise stock
Properly built and maintained, mill construction can be a structure that fires can be brought under control before the building is involved in the fire (Brannigan & Corbett, 2015). Unlike mill construction, buildings of ordinary construction are plagued with void spaces that are inherent parts of the construction. Like buildings of ordinary construction, heavy timber buildings may suffer the same disadvantages of having unprotected void spaces. This is due to there design as well as old mill buildings being converted to buildings that were not a part of the original design of the structure. These conversions of the new heavy timber building leaves the buildings at a greater risk of fire spread than that of the mill construction buildings of the past.
This movie “Erin Brockovich” present few number of business ethical issues. This film is based on true story and demonstrates few business ethical issues for their own profit. The movie describes the story of Erin Brockovich who is a struggling single mother who becomes connected to Ed Masry’s law firm because of an unfortunate car accident, and begins working at the law firm out of desperation for an income. As she spends time filing papers as a clerk, she becomes interested in the human nature of the medical cases and persuades Ed Masry to allow her to investigate further. Erin spends numerous hours examining these cases and finds a link to between the community members of Hinkley, CA and a company by the name of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), who have a plant in Hinkley.
Its also a conflicting issue when one customer is family of the Director of Manufacturing. Abby’s decision to revise the order is the ethical decision to be made in the case. In this situation Abby should go up the chain of command to Tom Brennen the COO since he is the one to sign off on all orders, he should be made aware that there is pending orders for the remaining product that Breeland is not using. Ace Fertilizer’s bottom line is reduced with a modified estimate it reflects a professional and ethical price determination, this makes Aces products more valuable to all customers. The following is the adjusted
There are standard types of ethics violation which every worker need to know during his operations in the business or an
Under this approach, an action is considered morally bad because of some characteristic of the action itself, not just because the product of the action is bad. Wells Fargo unethical practices demonstrates unethical behavior, under deontological ethical theories as its employees duty to operate in an honest and fair fashion , in providing services to the public. Wells Fargo codes of conduct does not permit sales practices of these sort, therefore the employees who participated in these practices made unethical decisions. Unfortunately there was a wrong-doing on a massive scale. The acts of unethical behavior were conducted by both the employees and management.
4. Comment on each of the ethical issues mentioned in this case. Rank them
How would you assess the ethics of the PEO if you were David? If you were among the PEO management? If you were the salesperson? If you were a member of the printing community? If I was David I would first fault myself for signing a contract without making sure I was getting the best deal.
Notwithstanding, the brother were able to assess the weakness of their competitors and did not believe the manager or the sales staff of their competitors were capable of offering expert assistance with the selection of the goods as they were. Finance: Finance is a big threat to the brothers because to commence their project they need money for their inventories, renovations, leasing and other expense, however the article states their low fund which can really be a huge deal breaker as, Collin doesn’t have a job and doesn’t intend on having one as he is unwilling to work for anyone. During the planning process, they estimated they would need to invest $10,000 in renovations and display racks and about $20,000 inventory (at cost). At present they only had $12,000 of the inventory and other assets that were not