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ctivate Office if you've already bought It. Ethan Ethical Issue 24-1 What is the ethical issue? Ms. Irvin personal goal seems to have precedence over the morality of doing what is correct and have legal consequences that might generate a negative reaction from the company. By not committing to ethical professionalism practice, she lacks, Integrity, honesty, unfairness, and irresponsibility throughout the company. The original goal of the company is to make money, by Identify key performance issues at risk, and recommend a plan of action for Irwin: o Issues at risk: - Breach the company's Code of Conduct Integrity Honesty Trust Respect Fairness Fairness Objectivity Responsibility Unethical leadership in upper management Toxic workplace culture o Plan of action for Ms. Irvin: Revise cost information to budget the manufacturing of the books Control spending Keep track of the total cost of each process Obtain various quotes from at least three (3) paper production that can provide and meet the requirements of the paper quality Research on how to understand and choose paper Needs to act as a role model, as department manager, to her employees on the ethical issues by not cutting corners to achieve her personal bonus goals. Research a prior case similar to this case; analyze the result/solution of the prior case. Use the prior case research to assist in creating the team solution to this case. Liban 5 Dixie Irwin is the department manager for IS Mr. Pollard is a Regional Sales Manager at a Religious Books, a manufacturer of company called Synthetic Fabrics Co. religious books that are sold through He currently overseas ten different states internet companies. Irwin's bonus is base within the U.S., supervising more than 50 on reducing production costs. sales representatives. He travels very Irwin has identified a supplier, Cheap frequently to visit each of these states to Paper, that can provide paper products at meet with clients and help representatives 10% cost reduction. The paper quality is to close deals. not the same as that of the current paper $ ctivate Office if you've already bought it. 207 LUSETELUCONI. TI paper quawcy not the same as that of the current paper used in production. If Irwin uses the supplier, she will certainly achieve her personal bonus goals; however, other company goals may be in jeopardy. The solution to the ethical dilemma in this case study lies with Ms. Irwin through its leadership offering direction and role modelling, LUCIUSE As part of these assignments he receives a sum of money for all his travel expenses. He has to report his actual expenses after the trip has ended and he has to send back the remaining money to the company. Some of his colleagues, other regional managers, often tell him about how they cheat the system to keep the remaining money. This is a practice that is not $ Ethical Issue 24-1_MChardon Ethical Issue 24-1 $ $ Unrealistic and conflicting goals set by the organization-it could be a monthly sales figure or product production number-that seems unrealistic, even unattainable. While not unethical in and of itself (after all, having driven leadership with aggressive company goals is crucial to innovation and growth), it's how employees, and even some leaders, go about reaching the goals that could raise an ethical red flag Unrealistic objectives can spur leaders to put undue pressure on their employees, and employees may consider cutting corners or breaching ethical or legal guidelines to obtain them. Cutting corners ethically is a shortcut that rarely pays off, and if your entire team or department is failing to meet goals, company leadership needs that feedback to revisit those goals anda ntenedormance considered illegal, but it breaches the company's Code of Conduct. For Mr. Pollard, this is an ethical issue that he must address. He could do what his peers do and make some extra cash, or he could be ethical about it and send back what's left. Using the Code of Conduct as reference, Mr. Pollard decided to make the ethical decision of reporting the right amount, therefore, avoiding future conflicts that may arise because of the issue. (Course) ances Mailings Review View Tell me what yo decision of reporting the right amount, therefore, avoiding future conflicts that may arise because of the issue. (Course) In to activate Office if you've already bought it. Unrealistic objectives can spur leaders to put undue pressure on their employees, and employees may consider cutting corners or breaching ethical or legal guidelines to obtain them. Cutting corners ethically is a shortcut that rarely pays off, and if your entire team or department is failing to meet goals, company leadership needs that feedback to revisit those goals and re-evaluate performance expectations. Refer to Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Statement of Ethical Professional Practice: Competence: Ms. Irvin is not maintaining a level of professional leadership nor expertise as the department manager. o Confidentiality: Ms. Irvin lack the confidentiality to disclose to upper management how reducing cost can affect the paper quality and the reduction in sells due to unsatisfied customers. Also, she might have refrained from providing vital information to her department of the 10% cost reduction in order to gain her personal goal to achieve her bonus. Integrity: Mitigate actual conflicts of interest can occur where Ms. Irvin have a relative that works for Cheap Paper. Perhaps Ms. Irvin lack integrity, she places her personal interest above integrity of the profession. Employees will forgive and forget a leader's errors in judgment, but they will never forget his/her lack of integrity. (Dr. Alan Zimmerman) Credibility: Ms. Irvin will lose all credibility for not providing all relevant information that could reasonably be expected from her as department manager. 6. The team ultimately presents a solution to the case, and explains the rationale for the proposed solution