Importance of Business Ethics and Ethical Implications in Downcity Motors

CASE STUDY
Executive summary
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This study focuses on importance of business ethics and ethical implications in that Downcity
Motors for ensuring sustainable business practices. The company has been facing a problem of
an employee who has been making disparaging comments on social media regarding the
company. Thus, it focuses on three approaches like disciplining them, communicating with them
and firing them for resolving the ethical issue. Use of social media among employees and ethics
for determining social media policy have been evaluated. Ethical implications of each of the
above mentioned approaches have been evaluated in this context. Recommendations like
communicating with the employees for removing indifferences have been provided for resolving
future ethical dilemmas.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. Background..................................................................................................................................3
3. Scenario of case study.................................................................................................................4
4. Alternative solutions....................................................................................................................5
5. Recommendations and Conclusion..............................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8
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