Ethical Issues in Harvey Weinstein's Case

This report discusses the ethical issues behind Harvey Weinstein's multiple sexual assault accusations and how the company handled them. It explores the use of normative and descriptive theories to address these issues. The report also examines the impact of ethical practices on internal and external stakeholders, as well as the unethical practices affecting stakeholders.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Part 1................................................................................................................................................3
Discuss ethical issue behind the selected case.............................................................................3
How the company handles this ethical issue...............................................................................4
Part 2................................................................................................................................................6
Normative and Descriptive theories............................................................................................6
Part 3................................................................................................................................................7
Several Ethical practices affect the internal and external stakeholders.......................................7
Unethical practices affecting stakeholders..................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Company ethics have been considered as the important aspect which can exercise their greater
amount the level of control over image with appropriate business policies and practices. This
have regarded the potentiality over the controversial projects such as the corporate governance,
insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary
responsibilities. In more simpler words, it has helpful in describing there conducting norms in
order to have pursuing of goals for possibility success. The report is regarding the Harvey
Weinstein’s multiple sexual assault accusations who is the American former film producers and
convicted sex offender. This report will have the clear way of comprising here various level of
ethical issues which can be handle with the help of the Normative and Descriptive theories. This
report will also consist of the ethical ad unethical practices will have the effect on the internal
and external stakeholders.
Part 1
Discuss ethical issue behind the selected case
In this report, the case study is regarding the Harvey Weinstein’s multiple sexual assault
accusations who is the American former film producers and convicted sex offender. The Harvey
Weinstein has made himself synonymous with the kind of prestige’s cinemas that’s have been
designed in order to have the attracting of discern audience along with scooping the Oscars by
the armful.
But in the October 2017, there have been exposed level of allegations which have been under
the surfaces for the decade of multiple sexual assault accusations and misconduct have come up.
The claims was more against their long time movie mogul which have been soon expanded to the
dozen of women under the same film industry.
As per the BBC news, all around the 85 women have accused Weinstein’s for the inappropriate
criminal behaviours which have ranging from the request for the massages towards the
intimidating inappropriate sexual advance to rape have been performed. On the other hand,
Weinstein have denied the allegation. This have been ultimately turned out to be the more level
of sparing movements for the convict and his company to the sparkling movement of the
#MeToo and #TimesUp.
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How the company handles this ethical issue
As per the acquisitions regarding with detail level of decades of allegations of the sexual
harassment , the Weinstein issues an level of apology which have the major level of
acknowledging if pains but the disputes of allegations have the regarding the harried females
employee s have been there for almost 3 decade in perfect manner. The company have tried to
handle the issues by announcing the Harvey Weinstein have been sacked out of the board of
company with the immediate effects by making the decision with light in new formations abs the
respective misconduct. as the convict have stated that’s he is foley taking there leave of absence
for their company that’s is rom The Weinstein Company and is working with a therapist. The
company employee has written up the open letter asking for their employer to have the realising
of NDA (non- disclosure agreements) in way to stoppage of the asking publicly about the
manner they have experienced and witnessed. The company handle the issues by tasking the
legal actions by denying the request of the Weinstein for providing their document in order to
defend himself.
Corporate governance
Corporate governance has the collection of mechanism which is being possessed to be the
relation by which their composition and more over to be controlled and operated As this have
been the truce with respective rule and regulation which have the possession to give the
management of company.
The company have been headquartering in the New York which have been the must level being
alleged for having the, misconduct which have taken place in the offices of the New York and
California. In the state of the California the statute of limitations has the more level of civil
sexual assault with two years. In addition to which under the California law, employee have the
serious level of issues for the two years.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility has been deified as the level of self-regulations which have been
divided inti the appropriate level of business model which is wayfaring there human and
focusing the improving the quality of human life. As per the scandal of the Weinstein’s multiple
sexual assault accusations. As per the CSR as a multi-dimensional approach that allows business
to behave ethically and also aids in economic development of the country. As the workplace
harassment have been the crucial importance along with corporate by often way of constituting
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to be determining factors which can thrives the company. The Weinstein Company have
encouraged the CSR mechanism by not only tooting up the rigorous level of obligations also the
serious interest which impacts the social context. Hence, the company has looked the sexual
harassment as the threat to the investors and long with impendent to be the efficient allocation of
human capital.
Carroll’s Pyramid model
The model has been provided as the framework which have the organizations in order to make
over the responsibilities which is towards the society by focusing of the practical level of
implications. As per the business of the Weinstein Company, there are four component which are
described as follows-
Economic responsibility- In this the company is tends to be more level of reasonability in order
to have the providing the high level of satisfactions in order to make the profit and society. This
is the approach which is being used by their company for the supporting the long-term
objectivity for the society. The company have been effectives to be part of film productions and
distribution company with the piece of memo which is proposing the project in new way.
Legal responsibility- this have the associated with complying all level of rules and services with
the fair in more efficient manner for the no misconduct or the frau level of corporations. The firm
has the idea in order to make the workplace safer which is more sustainable and more level of
friendly. Hence this have contributed in When it is seen only as a way to get positive press
coverage or a regulation to pass, it nullifies its impacts and allows the worst to happen.
Ethical responsibility- This is more means to be conducting the various activities which is such
manner in order to be meet the expectation for the society which is recognizing the ethical
standard by eliminating the unfair level of practices. The company have the Weinstein Company
company handle the issues by tasking the legal actions by denying the request of the Weinstein
for providing their document in order to defend himself.
Philanthropic responsibility- The firm have the using of the different methods which can be such
as the donation, gifts along the community development which help in meeting to have help in e
community needs in perfect manner. The owner of concerned firm is a good example for this as
millions has been donated by them.
The company have to be more level of commitment in order to have the providence of healthy
and safe environment to its workers along with treating them values and dignity in perfect
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manner. Hence, the company have failed t provide the employee especially the female one form
the sexual assault they have faced in the organization. the firm have the need to best use of more
level of technology in term o achieving long term vision and mission with innovative level of
challenges. There should be consistent claim level of value chain to develop the sense of
sustainability. As the strict decision the company have taken against the announcing the Harvey
Weinstein have been sacked out of the board of company with the immediate effects by making
the decision with light in new formations abs the respective misconduct. This also have extended
by tasking the legal actions by denying the request of the Weinstein for providing their document
in order to defend himself. With the help of more innovative design, the respective firm have the
need for providing the higher quality of products in order to endure the customer satisfaction.
Part 2
Normative and Descriptive theories
Ethical theories have the clear way description of the significant rules and regulations along with
facts of different morality in term of current and wrong in action of humans of best possible
manner. as per the context of the Weinstein company the Normative and Descriptive theories are
such as –
Normative theories
This have the providence of answered to the moral question which people have need to believes
along with proper level of guidelines regarding the respective moral standard. So in the case of
Weinstein company, the victim who have the filed the level of lawsuit against the company have
the sleek of r the damages of the wages in the concern they were not able to have the find out the
work due to the harassment and abuses. The company have started the major responsibility to
verify the claims which have the inclusion of the emotional distress alleged level of harassments
and assault.
Deontology: this is all about the ethical theory with right and wrong actions which have been set
of rules and regulations. But this is not about the human welfare regarding the respective duties
and obligation which have implement the universal level of rules to follow up the path on basis
of cation to doing acting itself.
Virtue Ethics: this have the major significant on virtues which is instead of rules and regulations
as the basic element of thinking for delivering the happy life and fulfilling theory respective
ambition. The theory has description of the natural morale obligations which is needed to be
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applied in real life situation with regard to moral wisdom. On the other hand, one of the
drawback is this theory don’t have the providing of respective guidance which any effect the
several factors in the firm. Is needed to be more preserved.
Ethical Egoism- this have the suggestion that moral agents have claim over concept of company
with respective needs and interest which have the acting of insert. It is considered to be more
essentials to have the preserving the interest of other. This is may be regarding the human nature
to have promoting the good level of sense by the judging the behaviour in order to work harder.
Descriptive theories
This have the dealing with presentation of organization to have the major focus on there learning
to have the various of actions, policies and practices to have the description often code of the
conducting the ethical system. The senior manager of the Weinstein company has their proper
present information’s by acceptance of various factors as no confusion.
Utilitarianism: this is based on moral by providing the overall happiness in order to consider
the action for promoting happiness. This may relate their various decision which can be such as
social, economic, political aspects with an aim to improve the betterment of society. The goal is
to do good for people so that it successful help in achieving a great path in their career and
promote a good standard of living in the society. As per the firm have the major focus on there
various level of consequences in more way what right or wrong in society.
Individual Factors- this is set of behaviour of pattern along with living standard of society
which following the unique characteristics which possess the basis of their age, qualification,
attitude and gender. The moral or immoral, right or wrong determine the standards and moral
duties in a society and it reflect in the form of various consequences.
Situational Factors- this have been based on there several factors which have been under the
such factors rewards, authority, working roles, bureaucracy and so on. There is need to have
moral intensity for taking best decision on the basis in the ethical or unethical decision.
Part 3
Several Ethical practices affect the internal and external stakeholders
Ethics have been considered as the important aspect which can exercise their greater amount the
level of control over image with appropriate business policies and practices. This have regarded
the potentiality over the controversial projects such as the corporate governance, insider trading,
bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities. The
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company. In the context of the some of the ethical practices which is impact their reputation of
the company and it respective stakeholders which have the belonging of the internal and external
material.
The company have the tends to have ethical standard by formularizing there the expectation
which is needed of clear in the team of help in analysing their acceptable term of laws in perfect
manner. The company have the cited the stand code of material in order to save their employee
form the further futuristic issues wonder the section of employee handbook by having the proper
level of descriptions of business conduct and respective guidelines.
The company have taken proper step to bewildered the stakeholders with the need for exhibiting
the proper level of behaviours form the top to bottom approve in order to established better level
of communications s with the subordinates and supervisors in perfect manner.
Unethical practices affecting stakeholders
By considering the case study of the Harvey Weinstein’s multiple sexual assault accusations
who is the American former film producers and convicted sex offender. In series of the claims
was more against their long-time movie mogul which have been soon expanded to the dozens of
women under the same film industry. All around the 85 women have accused Weinstein’s for the
inappropriate criminal behaviours which have ranging from the request for the massages towards
the intimidating inappropriate sexual advance to rape have been performed. Hence due to be the
accused to be part of company, the firm have been considered as the part of unethical
consideration as the firm have faced the major level of disappointment t and trust among te
customers. This is term of lift time bad image of the firm in relation to the employee safety and
performance of the unethical manner practice in term of the female employees. Hence, it has
took them ages in order to have proper exaggeration of the respective qualities of the service they
use of to produce. At the differential practice, the customer will not have the noticing the
ethnicity of wok and information.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it can be concluded as Company ethics regarded the potentiality over the
controversial projects such as insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social
responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities. Harvey Weinstein’s multiple sexual assault
accusations who is the American former film producers and convicted sex offender. This have
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been ultimately turned out to be the more level of sparing movements for the convict and his
company to the sparkling movement of the #MeToo and #TimesUp. This may relate their
various decision which can be such as social, economic, political aspects with an aim to improve
the betterment of society. The moral or immoral, right or wrong determine the standards and
moral duties in a society and it reflect in the form of various consequences.
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