Business Ethics Case Summary

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Working people should be protected of all forms of unjust ethical practices of business concepts for decision-making, communication, and strategic management. This paper will review a case study that addresses the ethics rights for AIDS in the workplace study. The study indicates a Bagel shop owner and an employee that was accused of having AIDS by word of mouth and visual perception. We will determine the rights of both the employer and the employee and the business or moral ethical decision was used. In the text book, Business Ethics, Shaw (2014) address the moral issues of an employer of the Better Bagels Bagel Shop. Carla Lombard is the owner and Tom Walters is the employee that is assumed to have AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.) by his ex-wife. The ex-wife of Tom does not have any medical proof that would support her false allegation about Tom. The text book case, Shaw …show more content…

AIDS is a main issue in the workplace and policies and programs should be created which will inform the employee about the disease and provide assistance for effective ways of demonstrating how a business deals with AIDS based on guidelines and regulations. The business or company should educate and provide awareness for themselves on the condition and safety of AIDS in the workplace. There is a case about Johnathan Demme of Philadelphia pertaining to HIV and AIDS in the workplace and how a successful lawyer conceals his sexual orientation which resulted in a ethical managerial decision that caused his job. He later sues the company and wins and his story became a movie called Philadelphia. The movie was focused on people of color with HIV, which open the door for people to starting talking about HIV. I enjoyed the movie and got a better understand of HIV and workplace, how your rights can be taken away for a medical