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The Four Types Of Ethical Dilemmas

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As ethical standards are not codified, dilemmas about proper behaviour often occur at the time of taking decisions by the managers nowadays (L.Daft 2006. 157). As a consequence managers encounter many problems when making decisions. An ethical dilemma arises in a situation concerning right or wrong when values are in conflict. Right and wrong cannot be clearly identified, so the manager need to analysis the effect of using each types of ethical decision making. The Australia Corporation’s manager was negotiating a profitable business deal with the manager who was come from the Asian country. The Australia corporation manager received the information, purchased an expensive gift will ensure to get the contract. Therefore, the company need to …show more content…

If the manager purchases the gift to gain the contract, it will be more beneficial for the primary stakeholders and secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders are typically directly linked to company’s survival and impacted company directly. Primary stakeholders include shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, retailers. These groups of stakeholders have the strong and direct connection with a company. Stakeholders or shareholders will gain the target of the growth in the value of company stock and may increases the income of the dividend. Employees will be stable at a fair rate of pay and working in a safe and comfortable environment. Customers get the “fair exchange”, a product or service of acceptable value and quality for the money spent.The company prompt payment for deliveries goods to the suppliers on time. The retailers also can deliveries the quality products on accurate time and at a reasonable cost. Secondary stakeholders only an indirect stake in the corporation but who are also affected by corporate activities. There are media, special- interest group, and non- governmental organisations (NGOs). The company only survive and growth rapidly if they have the potential to make the benefit. (Parboteeah et al. 2013). But, the company may in trouble in breach …show more content…

The company have a duty to be fair and treated equitable to employees, customers, and other stakeholders. Procedural justice, or ethical due process refers to fair decision- making procedures and agreements. The stakeholders want to know that their performance has been evaluated according to a fair process. The stakeholders give their votes to purchase or not purchases the gift. The manager should decide the decision-making by the stakeholders, and took all factors into consideration and weighed them carefully before making a decision. It is hard to decide because each of the stakeholders have their own expect consistency. Everyone should be treated equally. Distributive justice, refers to the distribution of benefits and burdens. If the stakeholders agreed to purchase gift to gain the benefits, they should enjoy the benefit equally. But, this decision may breach the bribery act. Then, the punishment of breach the bribery also should be bear together, not only the manager or other

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