ETH 301 MODULE 2 CASE AND SLP LATEST-TRIDENT
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Module 2 – Case
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS
Assignment Overview
Moving Toward an Ethical Workplace
As you can see from your reading for the case
assignment Lockheed Martin has a very interesting history and this history has
had an impact on where the company is today with respect to its existing ethics
program.
Case Assignment
After reading Chapter 2 of the text, please
write a 4-5 page essay that addresses the following:
Lockheed has an interesting history that seemed
innocent enough up until around the 1950s. You’ll note on p. 56 of Terris’ book
that the company began to engage in some questionable sales strategies with
other nations in an effort sell the F-104 Starfighter so as to recoup costs
when their US sales strategy failed.
Describe some of the unorthodox strategies
covered by Terris during this era that made Lockheed become “…a byword for the
shady practices of American multi-national corporations, and a major impetus
for new legislation…”.
On the issue of overseas bribes, Terris asks
the questions, “Who was hurt by the [overseas bribes to secure sales of
aircraft]? The competitors, of course, but what was unethical about beating out
the competition that was playing by the same rules?” (p.59). What do you think
about a situation where underhanded and back door deals are the way the game is
played if everybody is on the same playing field? That is to say, if everybody
is playing by the same shady rules, is it unethical to compete?
In your reading you will note that defense
contractors continued to find themselves in hot water well into the 1970s as a
result of overpricing and additional charges of bribery. In the late 70s
Lockheed established its first code of ethics and later the major defense
contractors came to the table to level the playing field with the Defense
Industry Initiative (DII), by agreeing on a set of ethical principles. This was
an important turning point as was bringing Norman Augustine on board.
- Why was the DII so important to the eventual success of
Lockheed Martin’s ethics program?
- Discuss Norman Augustine’s and Dilbert’s contribution
in helping Lockheed Martin turn the corner with its ethics program.
Assignment Expectations
- Your paper should be 4 to 5 pages, should be
double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
- Your paper should have a separate cover page and a
separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
- Use APA style, and proofread your paper.
- Upload your paper to by the end of the module.
Module 2 – SLP
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS
After reading your background readings, please
review the following scenario and address the questions at the end.
Jerry Stevens heads up an excavation crew for
the municipal utilities district in a city in Nebraska. A sewer line needs to
be replaced and it has been excavated with a back-hoe. The trench is 7 feet
deep. The municipality’s safety rules indicate that employees should not go
into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to prevent employees from
being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die every year from trench
cave-ins.
The trench box won’t arrive on site for
another 6 hours and the city promised residents that the sewer would be fixed
by the end of the day, which now seems impossible. The City Administrator
called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated that it was imperative that the
sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible because a City Council member is
served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss if it’s not fixed by the
promised time.
One of the more experienced workers states,
“It’s only going to take 30 minutes to dig under the pipe and loosen the
fittings. We don’t need the trench box. We used to do this all the time before
we were required to use one of those darn things.”
Jerry knows he’s right. He used to do it
himself before the rule was put in place. Also, the soil is clearly a cohesive
soil and it’s highly unlikely that it will collapse. And although there is an
organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches deeper than 5 feet, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not have
Jurisdiction over municipalities in Nebraska
because municipalities are political subdivisions of the State. The only entity
regulating safety policies is the City’s Safety Director and he took the day
off.
In this scenario, to what extent do you think
allowing the crew into the trench without a trench box would be pushing (or
exceeding) the limit?
- Discuss any ethical grey areas in this scenario?
- What in your mind is the right thing to do?
- What is the value of having an ethics program (and
related programs like safety programs) and what are the responsibilities
of front line leaders/supervisors and the workers when they face dilemmas
such as the one described?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Please take some time to review the materials
and take a position on the issue. Write a 2- to 3-page assessment of the
authors’ claims, and your assessment of what might be done in a place of
business to prevent the “moral amnesia” phenomenon from taking a foothold in a
place of business.
- Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type
size.
- Your paper should have a separate cover page and a
separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
- Use APA style, and proofread your paper.
- Upload your paper by the end of the module.
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