Xmgt 216 Week 1 Business Ethics Reflection
Business Ethics Reflection
Fashik
XMGT/216
September 27, 2013
Dr. G
Business Ethics Reflection People face ethical dilemmas nearly every day in their personal or professional lives. “You can be fairly certain that during the course of your career, you’ll run into myriad ethical problems such as a customer who asks for a special deal or terms in order to make the sale, or questions about the appropriate use of corporate resources, or discrimination of one sort or another” (Trevino, & Nelson, (2007), p. 111). Choosing how to deal with ethical or moral dilemmas can be very difficult at times. Sometimes it involves a family member or personal friend. Other times it may involve a co-worker or a manager. People often …show more content…
He was working for a used car dealership and eventually was promoted to a management position. When he became the manager, he was given credit cards to purchase gas for the cars on the lot that needed to be sold. My sister and her husband both used the credit cards for their personal vehicles daily, and when they took trips. Sometimes my sister would fill someone’s vehicle with gas when they helped her do things, such as helping them move into their new home. I knew that this was wrong and it bothered me, but I never reported it. If I had turned them in to the car company, many of my family members would have been upset with …show more content…
He was jealous that my son was selling more cars than him, and making more money. This employee had been fired because he was not selling many vehicles. Also the company had a policy that family members could not work for another family member, but they could work for the same company at a different location. My son’s wife was also hired at this same location, as well as my sister. Many rules were broken by my sister’s husband, and they resulted in him making more money and getting honors such as salesman of the year. After the company found out about all the schemes my sister’s husband had been doing, he was fired. My son and his wife were not fired, but my son’s wife had to transfer to another location, and a new manager was brought in to manage the location my son was working at. I do not think the company pressed charges against my sister’s husband, but as a result of cheating and losing his job, my sister and her husband lost the new home they had just bought. It was sad that they lost their home, but they should have been honest and worked for their money instead of stealing from the
Fashik
XMGT/216
September 27, 2013
Dr. G
Business Ethics Reflection People face ethical dilemmas nearly every day in their personal or professional lives. “You can be fairly certain that during the course of your career, you’ll run into myriad ethical problems such as a customer who asks for a special deal or terms in order to make the sale, or questions about the appropriate use of corporate resources, or discrimination of one sort or another” (Trevino, & Nelson, (2007), p. 111). Choosing how to deal with ethical or moral dilemmas can be very difficult at times. Sometimes it involves a family member or personal friend. Other times it may involve a co-worker or a manager. People often …show more content…
He was working for a used car dealership and eventually was promoted to a management position. When he became the manager, he was given credit cards to purchase gas for the cars on the lot that needed to be sold. My sister and her husband both used the credit cards for their personal vehicles daily, and when they took trips. Sometimes my sister would fill someone’s vehicle with gas when they helped her do things, such as helping them move into their new home. I knew that this was wrong and it bothered me, but I never reported it. If I had turned them in to the car company, many of my family members would have been upset with …show more content…
He was jealous that my son was selling more cars than him, and making more money. This employee had been fired because he was not selling many vehicles. Also the company had a policy that family members could not work for another family member, but they could work for the same company at a different location. My son’s wife was also hired at this same location, as well as my sister. Many rules were broken by my sister’s husband, and they resulted in him making more money and getting honors such as salesman of the year. After the company found out about all the schemes my sister’s husband had been doing, he was fired. My son and his wife were not fired, but my son’s wife had to transfer to another location, and a new manager was brought in to manage the location my son was working at. I do not think the company pressed charges against my sister’s husband, but as a result of cheating and losing his job, my sister and her husband lost the new home they had just bought. It was sad that they lost their home, but they should have been honest and worked for their money instead of stealing from the