Business Ethics Task 2:
Employees’ Rights and Responsibilities and Employer’s Ethical Responsibilities
Western Governors University
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A1. Employees’ Rights and Responsibilities
• To meet competency: The 3 described rights and responsibilities of employees are accurate, clear, and plausible.
• Tips!
• Identify 3 rights and responsibilities (3 total, not 3 each) AND explain why each is important or significant.
• Note that the duties do not have to relate to the hypothetical.
• Chapter 7 from the textbook gives a number of examples of the rights extended to employees as well as the responsibilities employees have to their employer.
A2. Employers’ Ethical Responsibilities
• To meet competency: The evaluation accurately describes 2 ethical responsibilities of the employer within the context of the employer/employee relationship described in the scenario. The evaluation is well reasoned and clear.
• Tips!
• Consider ethical duties an employer owes to an employee.
• Note that the duties do not have to relate to the hypothetical.
• Use Unit 4 of the textbook
A3. Ethical Business Dilemma
• To meet competency: The ethical business dilemma is plausible, is relevant, and will demonstrate employee understanding of the company’s ethical standards. This understanding includes how the dilemma affects the company’s ethical standards.
• Tips!
• Reflect on your work/professional experience. What ethical dilemmas have you witnessed at place(s) of work that you can describe here?
• Describe a work scenario with an ethical dilemma, explain why the employee’s decision or action was unethical, and discuss how the decision or action violated the company’s policies or standards.
• Use the “Code of Ethics and Codes of Conduct” exercise in Unit 11
A4. Ethical Business Dilemma: Evaluation
• To meet competency: The evaluation includes both a utilitarian and relativistic perspective. The evaluation is both logical and clear.
• Tips!
• First, define the theories of utilitarianism and relativism. then, apply each theory to the dilemma you describe in A3. Imagine the employee is a utilitarian: how would the employee view the dilemma? Imagine the employee or employer is a relativist: how would the employee or employer view the dilemma?
• use unit 2 from the textbook
A5. Ethical Decisions Employer and employee perspective
• To meet competency: The description of 2 common ethical decisions is plausible and aligns with corporate ethics and responsibilities.
• Tips!
• Again, reflect on your work/professional experience. What ethical dilemmas have you witnessed at place(s) of work that you can describe here?
• Describe two (2) work scenario with an ethical dilemma, explain why the employee’s decision or action was unethical, and discuss how the decision or action violated the company’s policies or standards.
• DO NOT USE THE SAME DILEMMA AS IN A3 ABOVE.
• Use the “Introduction to Workplace Ethics” exercise in Unit 10.
A6. Ethical Decisions: Explanation
• To meet competency: The explanation addresses why each decision is an ethical dilemma and provides common justifications of unethical behavior. The explanation is well reasoned and plausible.
• Tips!
• Your discussion here must be based on the two examples from A5.
• For each scenario in A5, discuss how the employee might justify (rationalize or defend) his or her unethical behavior or decision.
• Use the “Introduction to Workplace Ethics” exercise in Unit 10
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• Suggested page length: ~4 pages (double-spaced)
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• This paper can be written entirely in your own words – citing is not required unless you are directly quoting or significantly paraphrasing from the textbook (or other source). If you do cite, you will need to do so following proper APA standards which calls for both an in-text citation as well as a reference page at the end of the document.
• This task can have no more than 30% unoriginal work as per the Turnitin report. If you have any concerns on originality, please be sure to review the Turnitin report prior to submitting for evaluation.
• PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION counts! Thoroughly proofread your paper to check for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, organization and sentence fluency.
