Does The Milkshake Taste Funny? George Stein, a college student employed for the summer by Eastern Dairy is faced with an ethical dilemma. His co-workers don’t care about proper procedures required in ensuring that the milkshake produced during the shift is hygienic and safe for human consumption. The milkshake that is produced is usually delivered to fast-food restaurants and drive-ins. George had less than a minute to think about his choices and must decide if he is going to remove the filters from the plant's piping and, thus, allow the current production run of milkshake mix to be contaminated with maggots or refuse to remove the filters, and report the maggot problem to management. Removing the filters will save the company money, …show more content…
Paul told George that no one will know that they removed the filters, the company will save money and they will go home on time. Lack of supervision. George is used to being told what to do. His parents are the ones who persuaded him to go to college. He is still young and in college, not used to making decisions. Employees, no matter their task, must have the proper instruction and training to ensure that they are doing their jobs correctly, and with minimal risk of error or injury. This is also evidenced by the fact that he and Cathy had planned for Cathy to support them with her earnings after they start their life together. Supervision influences groups’ behavior towards task accomplishment. It was only when leaders’ effectiveness at different levels was considered that performance improvement occurred. Although Reich (1994) claimed that organizations are redesigning workplaces and work practices and enhancing workers’ autonomy and responsibility to tap their full potential, he admitted that such changes require organizing self managed groups into teams that strictly share a common vision. George participated in the group’s activities which included story-telling and horseplay. The rest of the night crew would probably agree with Paul and George would do the same as they have always had something in common. Age. Ruegger and King (1992) suggested that age is a determining factor in making ethical
Often, we think of older people as being smarter, wiser, and generally more mature, but this is not always the case. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger gives a number of examples that shatter this generalization, offering an alternative to age as the primary factor in one’s level of maturity. Ordinary Grace shows how maturity is a result of circumstance and does not necessarily correlate with age.
|Supervisors all have personal habits which lean towards some of the roles or focus's must choose the interaction required for the supervisees learning|
Apply the ethical decision making model presented in week one lectures (adapted from Beemsterboer, 2010; Velasquez et al, 2009) to the case study.
In this scenario, George is in a dilemma on whether to bring business continuum or save the company's clients of not purchasing contaminated feeds (Ferrell, Fraedrich, Ferrell, 2013). It is within the confines of professionalism whereby George should give room to codes and conduct under his job's cadre and come to a right conclusion. In my opinion, George should discard the Idea and propose a more effective one of buying non-contaminated corn even if it is expensive. He should hold time and counsel his manager on an alternative course of action and if the manager keeps their negative judgment, then have the law intervene. The law here could be through filing a suit against the manager in case of going against a safe move on the corn production. This step would see George save his skin against jail because even if they take a course of shipping contaminated corn, a day will reach and the secrets would be revealed or noticed with incidents of ailments to the customers.
One of the classes that have taken for my MBA has been Business and Society with Dr. Focht that had a basis is teaching ethics. In this class we discussed a variety of ways to become more ethical and what I took from the class was astronomical. Up until that class I never took more than a few moments to consider ethics. However, now I take more time in almost all matters to think about ethical dilemmas. In my opinion, you never too old to start acting ethically or learning about morality and ethics. Anyone at any point can become more ethically minded as long the framework they are learning it under, is grounded in good ethics.
I will use the “Practisioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making” model of Holly Forerster-Miller and Thomas
Making consistently ethical decisions is difficult. Most decisions have to be made in the context of economic, professional and social pressures, which can sometimes challenge our ethical goals and conceal or confuse the moral issues. In addition, making ethical choices is complex because in many situations there are a multitude of competing interests and values. Other times, crucial facts are unknown or ambiguous. Since many actions are likely to benefit some people at the expense of others, the decision maker must prioritize competing moral claims and must be proficient at predicting the likely consequences of various choices. An ethical person often chooses to do more than the law requires and less than the law allows.
A manager is an individual in an establishment who is accountable for the four operations of occupational management: preparation, coordinating, leadership, and commanding. You will observe that one of the tasks is leadership, therefore, you may presume that all managers are leaders. Hypothetically, yes, all managers would be leaders if they successfully accomplish their leadership accountabilities to communicate and encourage workforces towards an elevated level of production. Conversely, not all managers are leaders frankly, because not all managers are able to do all those elements just itemized. An underling will adhere to the guidelines of a manager for exactly how to achieve a duty because they must, however an operative will willingly adhere to the instructions of a leader because they have confidence in who they are as an individual, what they represent and
Supervision should foster the ability of each staff member to think and act for herself/himself.
The management of this corporation, however, was only interested in in the nightly completion of production orders and the cleanliness of equipment at the end of the shift. Eastern Dairy seemed to have a singular focus on economic responsibility, at the expense of ethical responsibility. This influenced Paul’s mindset about his own responsibility during the shift and his decision during the ethical situation described the case. The ethical situation arose when, during one of the shifts, George discovered that the pipeline filters were becoming clogged up with solid matter composed of maggots that have gotten into the mix running through the production line. This disconcerted George, but Paul told him that maggots occasionally got into the bag of ingredients for the mix and that the filters would catch them. George stopped the pumps, cleaned the filter and the equipment was restarted. However, it soon became apparent that the filters kept clogging up, and the process of continuously cleaning them would not allow the workers to run the last 500 gallons of the mix. At this point, Paul told George to run these 500 gallons without the filters, claiming that the rest of the process will pulverize the maggots and kill any bacteria. George, however, felt uneasy about this, thinking about the kids who would drink the milkshakes
The second level of moral development is the conventional moral reasoning; “Beginning in middle school, up to middle age – most people end up here” (“Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development.”). At this level,
From the reading, I understand that people think and act differently when faced with ethical issues. For one to make a rational decision, an extensive process of judgment is required (Bandura, Caprara, & Zsolnai, 2000). For an individual to be responsible, he or she should put into consideration the magnitude of the consequences of the actions, social
The theory of moral development, advanced by psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg is one of the most well-known persuasive theories in the field of cognitive science and stems from the work of Jean Piaget, which hypothesizes on the direct correlation that exists between moral and cognitive development. Kohlberg speaks of the appearance and understanding of what is right and wrong from childhood to adulthood and explains by this transition through the identification of various levels of morality known as pre-conventional, conventional and post conventional. People will make decisions based on the understanding of the possible outcome and through reasoning of morals. (Target Concept)
Effective supervision is a key component of managing for performance. Performance monitoring determines whether specific results were achieved, the key role of the supervisor is to ensure that organizational policies, practices and goals are implemented. Effective supervision supports a collaborative approach that builds on employees’ strengths, resulting in superior outcomes. Effective supervision promotes continuous learning and facilitates skilled growth and development through self-assessment, self-awareness as well as identifying of strengths, challenges and
People should be given the liberty to decide the way they want to execute their task. Leadership should not try to curtail to this basic urge. People then become more responsible and take the ownership for it. Leadership style of the direct manger has a bearing on the morale of the direct report. Motivation can be improved through making employees feel important, giving them a degree of freedom to make choices. Managers have men at their command. They should understand the aspiration of their subordinates. Recognize their unstated