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Assignment On Introduction To Ethical Dilemma

   

Added on  2019-09-30

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Running Head: APPLIED BUSINESS ETHICS Applied Business Ethics

APPLIED BUSINESS ETHICS 1Table of ContentsPart-A- Ethical Dilemma Essay...............................................................................................................2Introduction to Ethical Dilemma........................................................................................................2Ethical Dilemma in Business..........................................................................................................2Why is it an Ethical Dilemma situation?............................................................................................3Solutions to Ethical Dilemma of Mrs. Smith......................................................................................5Part-B-Portfolio of Evidence Contents...................................................................................................7Appendix-A- Ethical Leadership Debate............................................................................................7Appendix-B- The Seminar Case..........................................................................................................9Appendix-C- Reflection on inter-personal and team work skill........................................................10References...........................................................................................................................................12

APPLIED BUSINESS ETHICS 2Part-A- Ethical Dilemma EssayIntroduction to Ethical Dilemma Ethical Dilemma is one of the most complex situation or circumstances (Lo, 2012) wheremost of the people face difficulty to choose a course of action. It happens because people insuch situation perceive both the actions more or less equal. It is often referred as “MoralDilemma”. (Miller et.al, 2012) Dilemmas can arise from many reasons such as difference inbehaviour, attitude, principles of life, faith, beliefs etc. as personal characteristics andculture, region, tradition, society, community, religion etc. as outside environment. It is a paradoxical situation where the human being is stuck with two decision makingsituation where none of action is clearly acceptable from ethical or moral grounds and alsonone is avoidable. Ethical Dilemma in Business How does ethical dilemma arise for a business professional?There is no definite source or cause from where the dilemma starts. It can be multiplesituations and it is also possible to have co-existence of 2-3 sources at a time in front of aprofessional. Normally, the sources are- (Abrams et.al, 2014)What is a worthwhile work?- It is the situation where the professional is under thedilemma of selection of employment after education. (Rossouw et.al, 2017)What is the balancing strike between work and family?- It is the situation where theworking professional allot the time for work and family beyond normal workinghours. Will I be a team player or a sole runner? - It is the dilemma where the person has tothink about doing work in a team environment or individually. (Collins, 2012)What if I feel my leader is misleading me?- It is the ethical chaos where aprofessional is to decide a course of action to confront shoddy behaviour of ownleader.

APPLIED BUSINESS ETHICS 3Being a change agent- It is the dilemma situation where someone is sighting achange but fear is there with organisational bosses who may resist or oppose it. Career vs the common good- It is the source of dilemma where we have to choosewhether we can serve the society with our professional skill free of cost or not. A scenario-Mrs. Smith, an employer published an advertisement for “Financial advisor” position fewdays ago. She received 100 applications and they all were called up for the written test andinterview. Mrs. Smith was conducting the interview round and she finally short listed Ms.Ayesha as the best performing interviewee overall. Meanwhile, she received a recommendation letter from her senior colleague regrading Mr.Wilkin for the same post. (The company goes with recommendation as source ofrecruitment). The post demanded an experience of 2 years at least and a professional CFSdegree with 1 or 2 attempts. Mr. Wilkin is having 3 years working experience on the same position in anotherorganisation and he is also a CFS. Ms. Ayesha is from India (will reside after jobconfirmation). She clears CFS recently and was working in similar position over last 2.5 yearsin a different firm. Why is it an Ethical Dilemma situation? In the above case, Mrs. Smith is having the ethical dilemma situation. First of all, to identifythe presence of ethical dilemma, we need to highlight the scenarios that are indicatingchaos of moral principles. In the above case, we found that for the position of finance manager, there are now twocandidates in front of Mrs. Smith. One is Ms. Ayesha and other one is Mr. Wilkin. Can Mrs. Smith apply legal clause in this situation?If the situation can be handled by following the legal guidelines, then it is certainly not aethical dilemma. So to know whether it is a legal or ethical case, let us consider some of thecommon legal grounds of employee selection.

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