Business Ethics Case Study 2022

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The dilemma that is breaching regulations
7-Eleven which has been the renowned store in Australia is found to be facing the ethical
dilemma due to the problems of leadership. Taking regulations then it has been found that the
leadership problem is breaching the regulations that need to be looked at. Most of the workers
have been found to be not paid and that they are forced by the authorities to work for the longest
hour than usual. As opined by Alshammari, Almutairi, and Thuwaini (2015), if the workers are
given extra hours to work without the accurate payment then it really breaches the regulations.
In this case, it has been found that most of the workers are students who have
international visas. According to the terms and conditions of the visa it has been regulated that
students will work only for 20 hours in the store and that they will not be allowed to work more
than the hours that are provided to them. Most of the students are found to be appointed in the 7-
eleven stores by the franchisee and that these franchisees make them work more than 20 hours
which is against the ethical standards (Berg and Farbenblum, 2017).
This entire case is found to be lacking the leadership styles that have been of need. A
leader needs to be looked at these issues and that if any problem is found to be complained by
the employees then necessary steps need to be taken in an according to manner. According to
Carsten and Uhl-Bien (2013), most of the leaders found not to look at the issues that employees
and other staff are complaining of. Most of the students, in this case, has been found to be given
a threat by the franchisee owners.
This dilemma is found to breach the regulations as the franchisees are making a profit
without giving the wages that are required by a worker. Another thing that has come out from the
investigation is that most of the students are forced to work more than the estimated time and

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that these dilemmas are not been looked out by any of the leaders. According to Hardy (2016), a
leader needs to look at these issues and that if anything found to be wrong then that leader needs
to take necessary steps to get rid of the matter at the earliest.
The head office of the stores does not want to make any kind of comments regarding the
issues that have come out after the investigation. The head office only makes a comment that
some of the franchisee stores only breach the legal issues and that the company has nothing to do
with it. As opined by Hardy (2017), when a company is giving franchisee then it is the sole
responsibility of the company to look into the ethical issues and the way work has been carried
out in the franchisee. The head office does not look into the matter seriously.
Stakeholders getting affected
Employees, in this case, has been found to be the greatest stakeholder who has been
affected in a great manner in this case. Most of the employees, in this case, are found to be
international students and that they are greatly affected by the way they are treated by the
franchisee. According to Hoyt and Price (2015), if the employees of a company or business are
not getting the support that has been of their requirement then it may affect the business at large
in near future. These students as employees of the store are found to work more than 20 hours
which is breaking the legal issues of the visas.
Another stakeholder who will be getting affected by this scandal is that of the customer.
Customers will always look for those stores or those industries that are free from scam and that
looks for the care of the customer. In this scam, it has been found that the franchisees who are
marginal do not look into the problems of the employees and that makes it a point among the