Business Ethics Discussion 4,5,6
Week 4 Discussion
You work at a dialysis center where people with impaired kidney function
come to use a dialysis machine to clean their blood as would thei
kidneys if they were working properly. You are the Facility Administrato
in a location of a small chain of dialysis centers founded and run by a
group of doctors who treat kidney disease. You supervise a group of
med techs who work with the patients to help them undergo dialysis.
The center is located in a state that has mandated that all healthcare
workers be vaccinated against Covid and that covers all of your med
techs. All of them have produced CDC vaccination cards that show they
are fully vaccinated.
One of your med techs in particular stands out. It is Rob Spears who
just charms all the patients. Everyone who comes into the center seems
to know him and he is particularly good with the older patients who make
up the majority of the center's customers. Rob has become very friendly
with the center's Medical Director who is one of the owners of the chain.
Occasionally, they play golf.
One Saturday, while you are grocery shopping, you run into an old friend
who used to be a med tech at the center. She mentions that she
attended a party not long ago and saw Rob Spears. She was going to
say hello but stopped to listen to the conversation he was having. She
states that he was
agging about fooling his employer with a fake CDC
vaccination card he bought off the internet. He noted that he would not
e forced to be vaccinated by an employer.
You are a little overwhelmed by this information. Dialysis patients are
particularly susceptible to Covid and you are very concerned that an
unvaccinated med tech is working so closely with them. Even so, Rob is
popular with the patients, is a great employee otherwise, and has a
personal relationship with one of the owners. No one knows that you are
aware of this possible problem. Should you choose to, you can keep
silent, and it is unlikely that anyone will know. What do you think is the
ethical thing to do in this situation and what would you choose to do
egardless?
(This should be from reliable sources other than the text book.) for you
posting. Remember that you need to reference the sources using prope
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Week 5 Discussion
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Please read the Wells Fargo Case.
You have just been named the new CEO at Wells Fargo. The facts cited
in the above case reflect the reality of the situation you have just
inherited. You are concerned about all the practices you find but want to
prioritize your efforts.
● What are the three practices that you assign the highest priority?
● How would you address these three practices?
● Looking at the big picture, what about Wells Fargo's corporate
culture is encouraging these practices and how would you change
the overall corporate culture to discourage them?
In answering the above, ignore the legal issues involved in the case and
focus from the perspective of ethics.
Make sure that you post your substantive initial posting no later than
Saturday this week, and be sure to use class material and outside
support (This should be from reliable sources other than the text book.)
for your posting. Remember that you need to reference the sources
using proper APA Version 7 formatting.
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Week 6 Discussion
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The advertising industry has undergone a dramatic transformation in the
past decade. In the past, advertisers had to guess where they could
each potential customers on television, radio and print. Now, much of
the advertising budget is spent online where advertisers are able to
each specific individuals who are most likely to buy their advertiser's
product or service. Through Google they know what you have searched
for and deliver ads for that. Amazon knows what you buy and suggests
products based upon that. Facebook know a great deal about your life
through your posts, you friends, your messages as well as any web site
you sign in using your Facebook credentials. By matching email
addresses, mobile phone numbers, IP addresses, advertisers can
identify who you are and where you live. Superimposed upon this
system is a network of data
okers who buy and sell data from online
companies and assemble disparate pieces of data into a profile of
individuals that undoubtedly include you. There is hardly any regulation
of this data ecosystem. For an example, read the linked New York
Times articles on data apps and the data they provide and respond to
the questions below.
A Brief History of How Your Privacy was Stolen
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● Do you find any of these particular practices to be ethically
questionable? What are those practices?
● Why do you think these practices are unethical using one of the
ethical theories in your toolkit?
● Are you surprised or alarmed that so much of your personal data is
available in this ecosystem?
● Do you think the system ought to be changed to eliminate these
practices and, if so, what changes would you suggest?