DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU CANNOT USE YOUR OWN WORD....DO NOT COPY FROM THE WEB OR BOO
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DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU CANNOT USE YOUR OWN WORD....DO NOT COPY FROM THE WEB OR BOOK.
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There has been a lot of excellent comments about big-picture ethics but lets look at a couple simple situations. Your responses should be based on the actions of the employees and NOT the action of the businesses.
As you may have noticed, I respond to some of your questions and discussion posts during normal working hours when I am at my desk at work. Am I acting ethically or not?
I was sitting in an Irish pub is a large metropolitan area one Saturday evening several months ago when a city police officer walked in. The bartender automatically drew him a soft drink and sat it on the bar for him. He drank it, walked around the area and left. Is the police officer acting ethically or not?
It is and has been common for many convenience stores and fast food restaurants to give large discounts on coffee and food to on-duty firefighters or police officers. We are talking half-price to free. Is it ethical for them to accept these discounted or free items?
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Whether I acted ethically or not depends on whose questions I responded to during working hours. If I responded to the questions of a client, managers or subordinates or other business stakeholders who have direct or indirect bearing with the business, I have acted ethically because doing so was the part of my job and I am supposed to carry out my job during office hours. In case I have responded to some questions from friends, family etc who are not direct/Indirect stakeholders of the business, I have not acted ethically. By not paying the bartender for his services and soft drink, the police officer has not acted ethically. The officer used his position of power and indirect threat to the bartender to not pay him for the services. This behavior doesn’t fall within the normal course of business for bartender. Many of the convenience stores and fast food restaurants give large discounts on coffee and food to on-duty firefighters or police officers. Purchasing the items on reduced price might not be an unethical act. Offering the items to the on-duty firefighters or police officers might be a business strategy of the stores to improve their brand image in public. In case they are offering the price under pressure and threat from the police officers, it is not ethical for the officers to force them offer the reduced price and purchasing the items.
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