Leadership and Ethics - Assignment
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Running head: LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS Leadership and EthicsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1LEADERSHIP AND ETHICSIntroduction The ethical dilemma helps in implying the situation that is confusing in nature whereinthe ethics of the individuals are applied. This kind of situation is complicated in nature and arisesbetween the moral imperatives of the person. In certain kind of circumstances, this kind ofconfusion arises in the sense that is professional in nature when the different moral principles ofdifferent individuals are unable to figure the different course of action that is correct. The ethical dilemmas can occur in any place but these are witnessed in differentworkplaces. This kind of ethical dilemma can be accredited to different ethical diversities byslowing down the battery of iphones in order to increase their sales in the entire competitivemarket. The employees in the respective organization hail from different backgrounds andculture wherein it increases the chance of conflicts. There can be different issues and conflicts inthe ideologies of the persons in the respective organization. The main aim and purpose of the assignment is to analyze the ethical dilemma that hasoccurred in Apple Inc Company and it has been in news for the past two years. The applicationof two theoretical concepts will be used in such a manner that will influence the managerialpractices in the entire organization. The ethical dilemma that will be discussed in the particularassignment is relating to the slowdown of the iphones that is sold by Apple Inc Company. Overview of company and impact of ethical dilemma on Apple As Apple is the tech giant in the entire global market, it is important to perform theirduties towards their customers who are loyal to Apple. The business chains of Apple are spreadacross the country and this helped them in gaining loyalty and trust in the entire world from thetime of Steve Jobs (Chatterji & Toffel, 2014). Therefore, it is the responsibility of Tim Cook to
2LEADERSHIP AND ETHICSmaintain such standards presently and ensure high rate of production in the market along withgood quality in the same time. Apple Company can do this by maintaining quality standards andnot thinking of making profits. The different relationships with the stakeholders and theemployees are discussed as it shows that Apple Company was behaving in a positive mannerwith the stakeholders.In the essay, the ethical dilemma will be discussed that has been faced by Apple IncCompany is based on the slowing down of the entire phone sets. The two theoretical conceptsfrom managerial ethics are to examine critically the different concepts in an effective manner.Apple Inc Company is a multinational company that is based in America for designing alongwith development of different software of computers and personal computers. The different kind of hardware products are Mac Line, iPad and iPhone after Samsung.Apple Inc is the second largest information technology companies in the entire world and TimCook is the new CEO of the respective company. He has taken the entire responsibility of thecompany in the year 2012 from late Steve Jobs. As soon as Tim Cook became the ChiefExecutive Officer of the company, firstly he faced with an ethical dilemma related to thethreatening of suicides of the employees as the means of protecting themselves from extensivelytough working conditions (Shapiro & Stefkovich, 2015). Recently, there were different articles reported that the respective company earned about350 million US dollars in the year 2011 by selling the different iPhones that were sold to thecustomers (Chan, Pun & Selden, 2013). However, there were issues with the iPhones whereiniPhones were slowed down to gain huge amount of incentives and revenues by selling such kindof products of Apple. However, this is one of the ethical dilemmas faced by them as they cheated
3LEADERSHIP AND ETHICSthe customers by performing such acts and this has disappointed the customers largely (Kim,2016). However, Apple Inc Company is known for the innovation and creativity in the differentproducts that are sold by them and they have well reserved revenues of over Rs. 90 billiondollars in their cash reserves. However, the major issue that was faced by Tim Cook was thedifferent complaints regarding the slowing down iPhones and the pressure created on thedifferent employees. (Chatterji & Toffel, 2016). Teleological Approach The different theories of ethics are helpful in providing proper base for the judgment ofthe content that is ethical in nature. The two kind of ethical theories are Deontological along withTeleological and these kinds of theories help in deriving various conclusions in respect of thescenario that is provided under the consideration. Teleological approach helps in focusing on outcome along with importance of action.Utilitarianism is one of the widely used Teleological theories in the business context and thiskind of theory is established in nature to provide the customers the best quality service (Shapiro& Stefkovich, 2015). This kind of act is required to be performed when utilities that is producedand generated are the same. Apple needs to use the respective approach as this adheres to theoryand justify the means effectively. Apple can use such ethics in a manner that will be based onresult-oriented ethics (Chan, Pun & Selden, 2017). Apple Company tried to apologize to the different customers by focusing on the qualityof the different products that has been delivered by them to the customers (Jensen & Puri, 2016).Apple Company delivers the best quality products along with services to the customers whom
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