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Chapter 8 Discussion: The Individual in the Organization
Paul L. Schumann, Ph.D. © 2004 by Paul L. Schumann. All rights reserved.
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Rational Organizations
How does the traditional, “rational,” model of an organization define the organization? What is the glue that holds together the organization’s many layers of managers and employees?
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Employee’s Duties According to the rational view of organizations, what is the employee’s main moral duty to the organization? Why do employee’s have this moral duty? What is the “law of agency”?
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Conflicts of Interest What is a conflict of interest?
What are some examples of conflicts of interest? What’s an example of a commercial bribe? How does a commercial bribe create a conflict of interest? What’s an example of commercial extortion? How does commercial extortion create a conflict of interest?
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Conflicts of Interest How can accepting a gift create a conflict of interest? What are the guidelines to consider in judging the morality of accepting a gift?
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Employee Theft How does theft by an employee violate the moral duties of the employee? What are some examples of employee theft? What are some examples of employee theft involving computers? What are trade secrets? What are some examples of employee theft involving trade secrets?
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Insider Trading What is insider trading?
What are some examples of insider trading? While insider trading is currently illegal in the US, what are the arguments for why it is not unethical? What are the arguments for why it is unethical?
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Organization’s Duties
According to the rational view of organizations, what is the organization’s main moral duty to the employee? What guidelines can be used to judge if pay is fair? What guidelines can be used to judge if the health and safety risks of a job are unfair?
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Organization’s Duties
What are the 2 dimensions along which jobs can be specialized? What is the advantage to the organization of specializing jobs? According to research, what happens when jobs are too specialized?
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Organization’s Duties
According to Hackman, Oldham, Jansen, & Purdy, what are the 3 determinants of job satisfaction? According to Hackman, Oldham, Jansen, & Purdy, what are the 5 dimensions along which jobs can be expanded to enhance job satisfaction?
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The Political Organization
How does the political model of the organization differ from the rational model of the organization? What are the main ethical problems that we see about organizations when we use the political model to understand organizations?
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Employee Rights In what 4 ways is modern corporate management similar to a government? What are the important differences between the power of corporate managers and the power of government officials? How do the critics of these differences, who see management as similar to government, respond?
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Employee Right to Privacy
What is meant by a right to privacy? What are some examples of how managers might infringe on an employee’s right to privacy? What are the 3 guidelines we can use to decide if an employee’s right to privacy is being threatened by management?
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Freedom of Conscience What is meant by an employee’s freedom of conscience? What is the basis of this right? To what extent do US laws protect this right?
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Whistleblowing What is whistleblowing?
Examples? What is internal versus external whistleblowing? What is the argument for why whistleblowing is always wrong? What are the counter-arguments? What are the 4 conditions under which external whistleblowing is morally justified?
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Right to Participate in Decisions
What are the arguments concerning whether or not the ideals of democracy should be embodied in business organizations so that all employees have a moral right to participate in the decision-making processes of the organization?
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Right to Due Process What is the doctrine of employment at will?
What are the criticisms of the doctrine of employment at will? What is due process? How can organizations implement due process?
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Plant Closings What can companies do to minimize the harmful effects of plant closings?
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Right to Unions What rights do workers have with respect to unions?
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Political Tactics in Organizations
What is the goal of organizational politics (political tactics)? Examples? How can we analyze the ethics of political tactics in organizations?
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The Caring Organization
What is a caring organization? What are the arguments in favor of a caring organization? What are the key ethical issues that arise from the: Contractual model of the organization? Political model of the organization? Caring model of the organization?
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Case: The Gap Is a company like the Gap morally responsible for the way its suppliers treat their workers? Explain. What should the Gap do?
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