Ethical Issues in Management: Work Assignments
Tyrone Proby Jr.
University of Phoenix
MGT
216
Dr. Debra Bacon
August 16, 2010
Ethical Issues in Management: Work Assignments
In all aspects of business most managers have to constantly deal with an array of moral and ethical issues such as: racism, prejudice, work ethic, personal connection, work hours, work environment, punishment methods, etc. Issues in management aren’t always ethical some issues also deal with a manager’s moral overview of an issue. The relationships between most ethical and moral issues are strikingly similar. Since business is a way of life and the thin line between personal, and professional are the ...view middle of the document...
Being prejudice does not always mean somebody is being a racist. Distinguishing between the two being a racist and being prejudice can be hard if people go about finding the difference from one direction. The reason the two are so similar is because of how the word has been used over time and the level of hate the two words represents. In a day to day situation dealing with business, ethics, and morals managers sometimes must approach certain situations with prejudice. For example, if an employee is discovered to be stealing merchandise the employee’s manager can be firm and use prejudice towards the situation the employee creates. Because he or she is caught the employee may become irate. If a situation like this does takes place the manager should call the authorities and bring the employee up on charges for theft. If these actions are taken by the manager he or she is displaying an action of prejudice towards the situation and not the employee. Work ethic, personal connection, work hours, and work environment are all closely related in managing a team and appointing work assignments. Punishment in management is not always the route to take if a manager is designating work assignments. Personal issues with employees are a demonstration of fraternization and frowned upon in most business structures. If punishment is the route a manager wants to take delegating an employee to a certain unwanted job may seems unethical and in some views immoral especially if the job is labor intensive. A true leader can find a way to properly punish an employee for whatever action the employee may have made that brought about the decision for further consequences. Managers set goals for different projects that a team may face to ensure that the project stays on schedule. If a manager decides to punish one member of the team by giving that particular person a task that may not seem important, but is hard to do some team members may become skeptical of the leadership. Ultimately ending with the project either completed with poor quality or not completed at all.
Being sociable and ethically responsible can sometimes cause confusion when it comes to work assignments. Some employees may view appointing work assignments unethical if the manager has a more sociable understand with other employees. This is because the manager could possibly assign the more labor intensive jobs to the employees that don’t fraternize as much as others. It seems that being sociable in the work place for managers is unethical when...
