University Ethics Course: Case Study Analysis of Workplace Dilemmas

This assignment analyzes three case studies focusing on ethical dilemmas in the workplace. The first case examines the ethical issue of a manager taking credit for an employee's work, violating principles of fair treatment. The second case explores a conflict of interest scenario where an employee's secondary interest impacts their primary responsibilities, potentially exploiting their skills for corporate benefit. The final case presents a moral dilemma where an employee must choose between following company directives that could harm workers' health and safety or opposing the company's unethical decision. The analysis references ethical codes and provides suggestions for resolving these dilemmas, such as speaking to higher authorities or seeking mediation.

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Ethical Dilemmas
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Case study 3
The present case is based on the ethical issues cropped up in the workplaces. Ethics
means certain rules that are to be maintained by all to avoid certain conflictions. In the
present case, it has been mentioned that the manager of Courtney had taken all the credits
(Beach 2014). Taking the credits for others work is an ethical problem as it is opposed the
principle of fair treatment or justice. It has been mentioned under the Code of Ethics that the
person who takes credit for the acts of the other, deprives the real performer and violate the
rules of ethics (Ferrell and Fraedrich 2015).
It has been stated by Karen Dillon that the employee must opposed the misconduct
and make the manager realise that he has done an unethical work. The employee can talk to
the higher authority regarding the same. Steven Mintz has stated that taking credit for others
is against the principle of moral justice and therefore, should be dealt with strict hand.
Case study 8
The case of Harshal is based on the ethical dilemma regarding conflict of interest.
The main theme of such ethical dilemma is that there should be two different kinds of issues,
one is the primary and the other is secondary. Conflicts between the two occurs when the
secondary interest affects the primary interest and it hampers the decision making power of
the person. In this case, it has been observed that Harshal has two interests. The first one is to
make a proposal regarding the analysis of skills of 10 employees and the second is to take
interview as proposed by John, leader of the BA unit. It has been mentioned under the Code
of Ethics that the conflict of interest can exploit the skilled ability of a person or employee for
the corporal benefit (Engelbert, Mozafarpour and Paydary 2014).

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It can be resolved by way of identify whether the conflict is foreseeable for the job or
not. If it provides the green nod, then it should be resolved as soon as possible. Mediation can
also be a solution for the problem and it will help to get rid of the dilemma.
Case study 11
The present case is based on the moral dilemma that has been faced by Kushlani in
the workplace. It has been noticed that the company where she is working has proposed to
manufacture certain plates and the official heads off the company are willing to complete the
work with the help of the human but the work will create serious impacts on the employees
and the doctors have confirmed that. This is also opposed the principle of Health and Safety
Rules. On later occasion, the company manager decided to complete the project with the help
of certain islander. Kushlani knows that the facts of the decision are illegal in nature.
It has been mentioned that the person who faces the moral dilemma in the workplace
should have to choose the legal option (Christensen et al. 2014). Thus Kushlani should
opposed the immoral decision of the manager and inform the higher authority regarding the
consequence of the decision.

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Reference:
Beach, L.R., 2014. Decision making in the workplace: A unified perspective. Psychology
Press.
Christensen, J.F., Flexas, A., Calabrese, M., Gut, N.K. and Gomila, A., 2014. Moral
judgment reloaded: a moral dilemma validation study. Frontiers in psychology, 5.
Engelbert, R.H., Mozafarpour, S. and Paydary, K., 2014. Conflict of interest. Iranian Journal
of Kidney Diseases, 8(3).
Ferrell, O.C. and Fraedrich, J., 2015. Business ethics: Ethical decision making & cases.
Nelson Education.