Business Ethics and Sustainability Digital Media

Question: Describe about the Business Ethics and Sustainability for Digital Media. Answer: An ethical dilemma 2 When good results are bad results Ethical issues for professor Ballisttico: Professor Ballisttico has various ethical issues while analyzing the spreadsheet. The first ethical issue was the unnecessary argument with the assistant related to the research on spreadsheet. The professor was not able to analyze the spreadsheet for which he engaged himself in unnecessary arguments with the research assistant even though she was right at delivering the task. The project that he was analysis was a successful piece of research that analyzed the amount of food additives from the entire angle. The second issue identified is that the professor is untrue and dishonest. Two types of additives are found in the result that leads to human allergy. However, professor was at unease with the result and in dilemma whether to publish it or not as publishing, it will harm the brand name of the company. Despite of knowing that the two ingredients is harmful to humans it was used in the product. This is one of the serious ethical issues faced by the professor. The third ethical issu e is taking the credit of the work that is not delivered by the professor (Lo 2012). Professor is the director of a food company named Foodcorp center for Food Science. The corporation donated money to help the university build an academic research center. The donation was actually given by the professor to establish a research center so that the center could analyze the spreadsheet for the corporation. However the issue in this case was that the professor claimed that the donation was given to help the country excel in its academic and research and development field. Options available to professor: There are various options available to the professor. The question is that whether the professor should publish his findings or not. Option one: the first option is that of publishing the report in media as it has been presented without altering it. Option two: the professor can privately convey the results and findings to the Foodcorp center of food sciences to take proper action to deal with Rotnever and Longlife. Option three: the professor can alter the result and publish fake results in media that will not harm the name of the brand of the company. Out of the given options, the most viable option is the second option in which the result will be conveyed to the concerned department so that they can alter the additives and make it harmless for the human consumption. This will not degrade the brand name of the company and will eliminate the risks that are involved with the product. It is essential for the professor to choose the option that is ethical and sustainable in order to preserve sentiments of all. The options will be assessed analyzing all the factors, circumstances and consequences (Newton et al. 2013). Producing toys-childs play Decision of the product manager The dilemma for the manager is that whether he should get in contract with Thai suppliers for the plastic toys and confectionaries. The Thai business has very bad manufacturing system as it uses children below the age of fourteen years. There is no particular system of manufacturing the products in Thai industry. The products are taken from the warehouses to the houses of the employees where the people wok (Zsolnai 2015). Entire family is involved for manufacturing the products including the children aged below fourteen. Seeing this situation then immediate gut reaction would be not get involved in contract with the Thai suppliers because of a lack in proper systematic manufacturing process and involvement of children in production of commodities even though the products are available at one-third price when compared to Portuguese. The reason for such a decision is due to the lack of proper systematic manufacturing process and involvement of children in the manufacturing of toys. The toys are produced for the consumption by children to entertain them and provide them luxury and new experience. However the toys itself is produced by children that is very unethical and not sustainable. It is important to fulfill the needs of children, give them education and freedom. It is not the age of children to produce commodities and involve in manufacturing process. It is their time to play. Hence, the manufacturing process by the toy company is against the value (Lipman et al. 2014). An ethical dilemma 6 Who cares whose shares? The major ethical issue that has been faced by the company is related to the lethal side effects that are associated with some of the best-selling herbicides manufactured by PharmChemCo (PCC). As a result, if the news is found to be true it will lead to loss for the company as it has an indirect impact on the share price of PCC. The reputation of the company will likely be hampered if the individuals get to know that scientists in a foremost research lab had discovered the lethal side effects. Reputation of the company mainly depends on the past experience of the workers with the company as well as the extent of their contact with it with the help of the media and the word of mouth (Shapiro and Stefkovich 2016). As a result, it can be concluded that reputation is a mixture of awareness by its diverse stakeholders as well as the realism of its policies and performance. The lethal issue that is faced by the company will lead to decision-making ethical issue. As a result, I will find it difficult to make a decision to confront my best friend Freddie about the bad news. This is mainly because Freddie had invested heavily in PCC shares and if he comes to know about the news, he is likely to share his own shares. The loyalty to the employer is another type of ethical issue that has been found as the workers requires to avoid noteworthy conflicts of interest by trying to remain confidential (Valentine and Hollingworth 2012). There are several stakeholders, who are associated with PCC and the major stakeholders are policymakers, Freddie and his clients, regulators, employees as well as supplies. As a result, the marked reputation of the company is likely to be affected through self-infected wounds. The stake of different stakeholders is beyond any comparison. With the fortune of the company, the source of revenue, future as well as demand for basic requirements fluctuated between diverse stakeholders. The decision by the management has a direct bearing on the opportunities of the workers (Zona, Minoja and Coda 2013). The ultimate decision that will be taken includes the fact that I will not sell my own shares and I will not tell Freddie either to sell his shares. This is mainly because companies issue shares in order to elevate equity capital to fund development. However, if the employees of the company decide to sell the shares of the company it might restrict the potential growth opportunities of the company. However, if a stock is dramatically undervalued, the issuing company is likely to repurchase some of its shares at the abridged price and re-issue them once the market has corrected. The second decision that is likely to be taken is to tell Freddie and insist him not to tell his clients. It is certain that once Freddie comes to know about the ethical issue that is faced by PCC, it is likely that he will sell his own shares. This will have a negative impact on the share price before the publication of the article. It is also likely that Freddie is measured by the performance of his recommen dation to his clients. Once his clients also get to know about the status of the company they are also likely to sell the shares of the company (Natale and Doran 2012). There is no difference from justice and rights perspective. This is mainly because justice indicates giving Freddie what he deserves, as he will come to know about the company where he had invested to purchase the shares. There will be no difference, as justice will be provided to Freddie with reference to rightness and fairness. The strong sense of personal ethics will help to make the correct decision. However, difference might take place if I take advantage of my knowledge by letting Freddie run into losses. This will, in turn lead to disloyalty as well as dishonesty. This will also prove me to be selfish and will pose a potential threat to the friendship with Freddie (Mapp 2014). On the other hand, the above perspective is also similar to Freddie when he will act for the information for himself as well as giving advice to his clients. An ethical dilemma 7 Off your face on facebook Ethical issues The ethical issues with human resource manager of AllCure Pharmaceuticals while hiring a new employee is given in the following part. First, it is unethical to stalk profile of others apart from the profile being private. The human resource manager of the clinical company should not stalk the profiles of girls on social network sites on a suggestion from her friend. Invasion of the manager in the facebook profile of second candidate is unethical as leads to an issue of invasion of her privacy. Secondly, it is unethical to judge a person by its social activities and take a decision on career. The social life of a person can be different from her personal and professional life. It is unethical to mix social and professional life. The second candidate is better than the first candidate is as she is more experienced and knowledgeable (Matten 2015). Hence, it is unethical to reject her for the job based on the facebook profile and her social activity. It is also unethical to involve the employees and interns to stalk the profile a new candidate. This will create bad impression on the other people. What the other people think is unethical in case of professional life. If the candidate is suitable for the job then she should be hired without thinking what the people think. Ethical issues is not just in case of manager but also candidate two. It is un ethical to post pictures on facebook that will harm her in her career and profession. Ethical arguments for and against use of social networks Referring social networks for hiring candidates is ethical. However, it is very unethical to stalk the profile of candidate two and judge the person on the basis of facebook profile. The social networking sites can be used to get information on the candidate and hire employees but is unethical to judge a person on the basis of social activity. Most of the potential employers is using facebook and other social network sites to judge a candidate for hiring. The question of ethical issues differs. Few critics argue that the candidates should be hired on the basis of the social network contents while few argue that they should not be judged by the content on social network sites (Ess 2013). In the case given it is viable to check the facebook profile of other s but is totally unviable or unethical to stalk the private contents of the candidate. Since, the contents of candidate two was made private the manager of the clinical company should not have stalked the profile through the intern of the company. This is unethical as it leads to an issue of invasion of her privacy (Slade and Prinsloo 2013). Use of facebook or similar sites: Facebook and other social network sites is used to connect to people and socialize with them. It should not be used unethically. Facebook is used for any reasons. It is used to connect with long lost friends. It is also used to make new friends. Facebook and other social network sites are used for business purpose as well. It is used to promote and advertise the products by posting pictures. Few businesspersons also give option of purchasing the products online through these sites. Facebook or other social sites is used to access information of others. Companies to hire new candidates use it. The case given is influencing, as it helps us learn what we should do on social networking sites and what not. The case study helps in understanding that it is unethical to stalk candidates for profession or career. It is also unethical to hamper privacy of others and judge the candidate based on social activity (Capurro et al. 2014). The case has also helped in knowing that it is not feasible t o publish wrong pictures on facebook or social networks as people form a wrong impression. Hence, it is essential to use facebook in ethical way to connect with people and use it as a way it is meant to be used. Decision of human resource manager The human resource department of the organization has the responsibility of hiring the selecting right candidate for the right job at right time. The human resource manager should consider the following steps while selecting the candidate for the job. The candidate should be hired based on the CV, interview and test conducted. It is essential to review job applications The candidate should be chosen based on the criteria set for the selection. It is also essential to check the background check and candidate check to select the candidate (Flamholtz 2012). The human resource manager should think carefully and then take a decision on whom to choose for the job. The human resource manager should choose the candidate based on all the steps of the interview process. The candidate one is efficient, has good profile and a good social activity. Candidate 2 has a good experience at job, good knowledge but a bad social life. The dilemma here is to choose one of the two candidates. The manager should choose the candidate based on their experience, their job profile, interview, extracurricular activities, communication style and their knowledge on the particular field. Since, the job requires the candidates to have good social skills, attitude and values judging these skills through facebook is not ethical. It should be judge by taking their interview or tests to know their communication skill as often the information available on social networks are fake (Morris and McDonald 2013). An ethical dilemma 10 Wheres the beef The legitimate stakeholders in the case described are the members of GAME association, the managers of U-Buy and media. They are legitimates because media was responsible for publishing the verdicts of GAME association against U-Buy blaming them for discrimination against gay despite of them not getting involved in such act (Kahane et al. 2015). It is essential to proceed in such situation viability and strategically. A mutual understanding and talking with the GAME association will help solve the problem. It is essential to make them understand that U-Buy is not involved in such discrimination. The similar discrimination will be prevented by analyzing the mail properly and taking it seriously. References Capurro, D., Cole, K., Echavarra, M.I., Joe, J., Neogi, T. and Turner, A.M., 2014. The use of social networking sites for public health practice and research: a systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research,16(3), p.e79. 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