Ethics and Morality

Paper Summary:

The paper selects an organization ethics issue and based upon this selection examines the application of each of the six ethical decision-making steps in relation to the issue selected. The paper includes six distinct sections that correlate to the following: issue clarification, stakeholder analysis, value identification, issue resolution, addressing objections, and resolution implementation. The paper specifically the issue of employee monitoring in the workplace for purposes of performance management. The paper concludes that more research is needed on this subject.

Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Issue Clarification
Stakeholder Analysis
Value Identification
Issue Resolution
Addressing Objections
Resolution Implementation
Summary & Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The Americans With Disabilities Act provide legal guidelines for handling employee relations issues; however, it's possible to comply with the law and still not be on solid ethical ground." (Gravett, 2002) According to Gravett building a high trust and mutual respect organization requires an ethical framework in which information is "timely, accurate and complete...alternatives are discussed freely and ideas and problems are shared and concrete goals are developed in order to resolve the ethical issue." (2002; paraphrased) Therefore the issue of environmental ethics is one that may seek legal reforms as the forum in which to address the issue however, there are processes of dispute resolution engage in between corporations and municipalities or communities and then too, when alternative forms of dispute resolution fail there is also the option of legal remedy through the courts which however, generally takes much longer, costs much more and resolves less after all this."

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• Montgomery, Daniel J. and DeCaro, Peter A. (2001) Organizational Communication Ethics: The Radial Perspective of Performance Management. American Communication Journal. Vol.5. Issue 1, Fall 2001. Online available at: http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol5/iss1/special/decaro.htm

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