Ricardo Johnson is a well-known successful executive who was asked to leave his previous job without much
Question:
Ricardo Johnson is a well-known successful executive who was asked to leave his previous job without much explanation.
He said that the board did not accept the changes he was implementing and therefore he felt compelled to leave.
He presently works with Wonderland Home Products and Supplies.
The board Of Wonderland was excited to have him, they did very little due diligence and went mainly on his popularity.
He has been at Wonderland as the Managing Director for over one year and the systems he has implemented seem sound and the staff and board members were happy to have a business celebrity in their midst.
By the second year there were murmurings from the production team that he wanted to save money and so he asked them to dilute one of their main ingredients in the skin care line without sitting with the senior chemist.
Then he promised that he would give production department the benefit of the increased sales as bonus.
The production manager Mr. Wilson was not comfortable with his request but being new himself, he didn't want to rock the boat. He has only been employed since March and his six months' probation will be up in two months.
He enjoyed working with the production team but noted that they needed training and wanted to recommend that the training department starts with organizational ethics for his department.
He got a glowing response from a board member who is a family friend and he was pleased when the board member further suggested that he included his views on training for the entire company.
The Sales department has over twenty telemarketers and they too were whispering about the Mr. Johnson's style. Teller 1: "How can he tell us as tellers to tell the customers that nothing has changed in the skin care line, when the customers are complaining about the difference in texture.? Teller 4: " the production team told us what he did, do you think that is why he left his last job?' Teller 6: "not sure, he was so well loved at his old office, I have a friend who still works there and she said his name is no longer called"
Teller8: "What could he have done? He seems so friendly"
What are legal issues mention in the case and the law regarding the issue. or The legal Ramification?
Understanding Business Ethics
ISBN: 9781506303239
3rd Edition
Authors: Peter A. Stanwick, Sarah D. Stanwick