Business Ethics - "Accuscan"

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the internal issues of Accusan and its current financial difficulties. The paper discusses the inflection points from the past 10 years of operation where strategic decisions might have been made to avoid the current turmoil. The paper then points out that these inflection points exist as they are part of the rationale guiding the company's strategic decisions today. The paper explains that the overriding issues are the on-going budgetary concerns with revenue and profits, and other primary issues are the personality conflicts between key staff members. The writer suggests that all of the current issues arise out of the fact that the company's revenues have been decreasing for years, yet no-one questioned the market reasons for this until it was too late. The writer believes that this is a top leadership issue and all of the current problems arise out of leadership's inability to place the right people in key positions that would anticipate the market rather than react to it. In conclusion, the writer believes that until the company's financial straits are solved it would be better to concentrate on markets it is familiar with and where its core competencies are.

Outline:
Executive Summary: Scope, Situation Summary, Key Points, Conclusions, Recommendations
Ethics--A Case Study Analysis: All Assumptions Seen Documents Provided; Arguments Made by Each person Concerned; Argument Evaluation - Sound or Unsound; Specific Fallacious Arguments
Conclusions

From the Paper:

"AcuScan is currently suffering severe strain on its revenue stream and cash generation. Following extensive layoffs the previous year, the threat of additional layoffs, though not planned, is a possibility. It has tasked departmental managers, except for Sales & Marketing, to slash their operating budgets by 15% across the board. At the same time, AcuScan is considering a new product development project in an industry it is unfamiliar with and led by people ill-equipped to execute on this plan. On-going budgetary demands in combination with the new product development and launch are tasking various departments with objectives that are counter-productive to each other."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Critical thinking gen 480, assessment case. (2003). University of Phoenix.

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