Ethics in Coles Group: Addressing Social and Economic Issues

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Identification of issue 1...................................................................................................................2
Ethical framework for addressing issue 1 and justification of choice.............................................2
Identification of issue 2...................................................................................................................3
Ethical framework for addressing issue 2 and justification of choice.............................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The importance of business ethics in the work place cannot be undermined. Although the
profitability of the organization is taken to be of the utmost importance, the way an organization
is managed is also crucial. It is the duty of any organization to ensure that it engages in ethical
practices (Trevino & Nelson, 2016). There may be many situations where the organization might
be faced by an ethical issue. In such a case, the company needs to apply a proper ethical
framework to solve the issue. The report will be discussing two ethical issues which might arise
in an organization like Coles Group and address those using ethical frameworks.
Identification of issue 1
The first issue which may be identified in the Coles group is the issue related to social
ethics. An organization is made up of different people and hence, it is the duty of the
management to ensure that all the employees in the organization are treated well and they
undergo no bullying or harassment. However, this is not the case at Coles. It was observed that
whenever a new employee joins the organization then they are mistreated by the senior
employees. They are often bullied and thus this is against ethical considerations. Ethics states
that no harm needs to be caused to any group of people working in a firm and that all of them
need to be treated equally (Shaw, 2016). The different employees are harassed and due to this
reason the work environment often becomes very hostile and offensive to a certain group of
people. This can be described as an ethical social issue whereby the different employees become
a victim of the harassment of the other group of employees.