Question: TABLE 4.2 ETHICAL ISSUES FROM ONE WEEK IN THE LIFE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 1. Stealing Taking things that don't belong to you 2.

TABLE 4.2

ETHICAL ISSUES FROM ONE WEEK IN THE LIFE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

1. Stealing

Taking things that don't belong to you

2. Lying

Saying things you know aren't true

3. Fraud and deceit

Creating or perpetuating false impressions

4. Conflict of interest and influence buying

Bribes, payoffs, and kickbacks

5. Hiding or divulging information

Concealing information that another party has a right to know or failing to protect personal or proprietary information

6. Cheating

Taking unfair advantage of a situation

7. Personal decadence

Aiming below excellence in terms of work performance (e.g., careless or sloppy work)

8. Interpersonal abuse

Behaviors that are abusive of others (e.g., sexism, racism, emotional abuse)

9. Organizational abuse

Organizational practices that abuse members (e.g., inequitable compensation, misuses of power)

10. Rule violations

Breaking organizational rules

11. Accessory to unethical acts

Knowing about unethical behavior and failing to report it

12. Ethical dilemmas

Choosing between two equally desirable or undesirable options

Based on the table above, answer the following questions:

  1. Is it ethical to take office supplies from work for home use? Make personal long-distance calls from the office? Use company time for personal business? Or do these behaviors constitute stealing?
  2. If you pretend to be more successful than you are in order to impress your boss, are you being deceitful?
  3. Suppose you have a friend who works at the ticket office for the convention center where Shania Twain will be appearing. Is it cheating if you ask the friend to get you tickets so that you won't have to fight the crowd to get them? Is buying merchandise for your family at your company's cost cheating?
  4. How do you differentiate between a bribe and a gift?
  5. Is it immoral to do less than your best in terms of work performance? Is it immoral to accept workers' compensation when you are fully capable of working?
  6. If there are slight defects in a product you are selling, are you obligated to tell the buyer? If an advertised "sale" price is really the everyday price, should you divulge the information to the customer?

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