Ethics Leadership & Decision Making Assignment
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RUNNING HEAD: MANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICE1ETHICS LEADERSHIP & DECISION MAKINGMANAGEMENT THEORY AND PRACTICESUBMITTED BY:
Ethics Leadership and decision Making 2ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3Background.................................................................................................................................................4Scope.......................................................................................................................................................5The ethical Dilemma...................................................................................................................................5Implication of Kantianism Theory...............................................................................................................8Role of a leader............................................................................................................................................8Recommendations.....................................................................................................................................10Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................11References.................................................................................................................................................12
Ethics Leadership and decision Making 3IntroductionEthical dilemmas are common to a real world business organization. Ethical dilemmas are the common phenomenon that takes place frequently in the organization. It is a situation where an individual is unable to find out the difference between right and wrong. Employees have to deal with the organizational pressure that leads to an accumulated pressure. The choice regarding the organization is developed based on the unethical practices. Excessive competition in the business atmosphere leads to use of unethical practices at work. Large-sized business organization has a tendency to overlook the ethical dilemma. Whistle blowers are hiding due to the fear of management (Broad, 2014). Hence Ethical dilemma has become an extremely pressurizing situation for the employees and the management. Pressure to perform well from themanagement is driving the employees into wrong direction. Employees have to perform under such conditions making it into a nightmare. The unethical business practice is questioning the credibility of employees and management. In the recent time, Organizations like Volkswagen, Johnson and Johnson, Samsung and McDonalds gained widespread criticism due to their unethical practices (Broad, 2014). The report therefore review the unethical practices followed by McDonalds in 2016 during theroid Olympics. The largest burger restaurant chain is known for selling toys with the happy meal. Over the years, they have made sophisticated changes in the toys depending on thronging market trend. In 2016 Olympics the Brand introduced Step-It, a pint-sized step counter for children. The watch-like device was introduced by McDonalds to attract kids to buy a happy meal. The watch was manufactured for the kids to monitor their daily physical activities. Dozens of users stated developing skin irritation though these watches. Record of such incidences has this has brought attention of the world media and created an anger in the global market (CBC News, 2016).Background McDonalds has a long history of working with the Olympic committee. It has been a loyal sponsor since a very long time. The restaurant chain is famous among the kids for the toys that
Ethics Leadership and decision Making 4give as a complementary gift with the happy meal. In 2016 Olympics the Brand introduced Step-It, a pint-sized step counter for children. The watch-like device was introduced by McDonalds to attract kids to buy a happy meal. The device was manufactured with a clear motive to attract more kids. The idea was to generate curiosity among kids to promote getting in shape. The watches were made with a cheap material in order to attract more number of kids (Charlebois, 2016). The information regarding the skin irritation forced the restaurant chain to stop the sale ofhappy meals toys. The issue gained nation-wide protest and brought the attention of media agencies. The unethical practice to gross up the profits triggered the nationwide agitation againstthe brand during the Rio Olympic. This was not the first kind of incidence registered in the past years. There were many such incidences where McDonalds came under highlights due to its unethical practice (Forbes. 2017). The happy meal strategy was built to attract attention of kids. The unethical dilemma here was to increase the revenue with less investment. The happy meal strategy was developed by making vast investment on the advertisements. The dilemma arises when the company wants to make profit through wrongful mean. McDonalds has been making news headlines because of its unhealthy menu. Most of the health organization is blaming the restaurant chain for their unhealthy menu. All these business practices followed by McDonalds are affecting long term profitability. The management turn blind eye to ethical breaches resultingin such incidences. There is an extreme level of competition among the business enterprise to make profits. This has resulted in unethical business practices have created a difficulty in managing the situation (Gibison, 2017). The report provides information regarding the ethical dilemma faced by McDonalds during the Rio Olympics. The basic purpose is to understand the concept of Ethical Dilemma andto identify the issues faced by the company in meeting the targets. CSR is an important part in anorganization. For the purpose of managing the organization it is important to understand the functions of ethical dilemma. It is important for a business organization to follow an ethical corporate culture this will guarantee a regular growth within an organization. The unethical business practices are creating problem for the economy on a long run (Gorey, 2016).
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