Assume that you work as a manager for a medium-sized, nonunion company that is facing its most
Question:
Assume that you work as a manager for a medium-sized, nonunion company that is facing its most serious union-organizing campaign in years. Your boss, who is determined to keep the union out, has just given you a list of things to do in order to stop the efforts of the organizers. For example, he has suggested each of the following tactics:
Whenever you learn about a scheduled union meeting you should schedule a “worker appreciation” event at the same time. He wants you to offer free pizza and to give cash prizes,
which winners have to be present to receive.
He wants you to look at the most recent performance evaluation of the key union organizers and to terminate the one with the lowest overall evaluation based on the “need to lower costs.”
He wants you to make an announcement that the firm is seriously considering such new benefits as on-site child care, flexible work schedules, telecommuting options, and exercise facilities.
Although you know that the firm is indeed looking into these benefits, you also know that, ultimately, your boss will provide far less lavish benefits than he wants you to intimate.When you questioned the ethics—and even the legality—of these tactics, your boss responded by saying, “Look, all’s fair in love and war, and this is war.” He went on to explain that he was
seriously concerned that a union victory might actually shut down the company’s domestic operations altogether, forcing it to move all of its production capacities to lower-cost foreign plants. He concluded by saying that he was really looking out for the employees, evenif he had to play hardball to help them. You easily see through his hypocrisy, but you also recognize
some potential truth in his warning: If the union wins, jobs may actually be lost
Answer following
1 provide analysis of the yours, your boss and other staffs ethical obligation
2 provide strategy to get cleared your firm from union which is nonunion firm
3 provide your overall strategy in this situation
Managerial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077522940
15th edition
Authors: Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer