ETHICAL ISSUES ENCOUNTERED BY MANAGERS
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Part 1
Business ethics are the moral principles that the company has to follow. It ensures that
people in the organization are behaving in a certain code of conduct. There are different factors
that show the company’s practices are ethical or unethical (Crane, Matten, Glozer, &
Spence, 2019). The chosen scenario is Alisha Anderson, Corinne Maddox, and the HR
Executive’s case. In the case study given, the new CEO Alisha behaved unethically by having a
secret meeting with Corinne who somehow blackmailed Alisha against the personal information
that she has. It is the ethical duty of Alisha to be honest with the company. Therefore she should
disclose the fact that Corinne was seeking for a privilege which is unethical. Corinne also
behaved unethically as she used unfair means to reach to the higher position. As a responsible
employee of the company, it is the duty of Corinne to follow the rules and guidelines and take
assistance from her immediate superior Erwin before taking any action. However, she
unethically blackmailed Alisha of whatever secrets she knows. HR Executive performed his duty
well as he subsequently went to Erwin when he heard about Corinne’s transition into a window
office. HR further investigated the case and went to Erwin and took initiative to understand the
situation. HR should do every effort to maintain ethical environment in the workplace (Harris,
2016).
In this scenario, Alisha who is the CEO of the company got threatened by Corinne and
ultimately gives her the special privileges. The situation would be better if Alisha would have
taken a correct action against Corinne for behaving unethically and should not have threatened
by her. However, HR should behave in a professional manner and also has authority to ask
Alisha regarding the situation and take the right decision within the scope of her power.
In this case, the unethical behavior of Alisha and Corinne will impact the organization
internally as it will decrease the integrity and trust among the employees. The employees will
hesitate to trust the CEO which can lead to employee turnover and also leads to unproductive
organization (Newman, 2015). The unethical behavior of Corinne may lead to conflict
between the employees because of inequality between the employees which will impact the
productivity of the company. Alisha’s unethical behavior will impact the organization externally.
It will have a huge influence on the reputation and goodwill of the company. If this news comes

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