ETH 301 Ethical Decisions in The Workplace Argumentative Essay Background reading: For your SLP assignment, please read the following article. De Cremer,

ETH 301 Ethical Decisions in The Workplace Argumentative Essay Background reading: For your SLP assignment, please read the following article.

De Cremer, D., & de Bettignies, H. (2013). Pragmatic business ethics. Business Strategy Review, 24(2), 64-67. Retrieved from Trident Online Library.

Also, please spend some time researching other sources to help you develop your key arguments.

Snell, R. (2013). Teaching rules-based and values-based ethics. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 15(1), 29-32. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.

Cavico, F. J., & Mujtaba, B. G. (2017). Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal and its legal and ethical implications for management. S.A.M.Advanced Management Journal, 82(2), 4-19.

The following tutorial provides detailed information that can be applied to the topics of this course. There are a number of videos and lessons on ethics.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/epcc-introethics…

After reading your background readings, please review the following scenario and

address the questions at the end.

Jerry Stevens heads up an excavation crew for the municipal utilities district in a

city in Nebraska. A sewer line needs to be replaced and it has been excavated

with a back-hoe. The trench is 7 feet deep. The municipality’s safety rules indicate

that employees should not go into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to

prevent employees from being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die

every year from trench cave-ins.

The trench box won’t arrive on site for another 6 hours and the city promised

residents that the sewer would be fixed by the end of the day, which now seems

impossible. The City Administrator called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated

that it was imperative that the sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible

because a City Council member is served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss

if it’s not fixed by the promised time.

One of the more experienced workers states, “It’s only going to take 30 minutes to

dig under the pipe and loosen the fittings. We don’t need the trench box. We used

to do this all the time before we were required to use one of those darn things.”

Jerry knows he’s right. He used to do it himself before the rule was put in place.

Also, the soil is clearly a cohesive soil and it’s highly unlikely that it will collapse.

And although there is an organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches

deeper than 5 feet, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

does not have jurisdiction over municipalities in Nebraska because municipalities

are political subdivisions of the State. The only entity regulating safety policies is

the City’s Safety Director and he took the day off.

1. In this scenario, to what extent do you think allowing the crew into the trench

without a trench box would be pushing (or exceeding) the limit?

2. Discuss any ethical grey areas in this scenario?

3. What in your mind is the right thing to do?

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4. What is the value of having an ethics program (and related programs like

safety programs) and what are the responsibilities of front line

leaders/supervisors and the workers when they face dilemmas such as the one

described?

SLP Assignment Expectations

Please take some time to review the materials and take a position on the issue.

Write a 2- to 3-page assessment of the authors’ claims, and your assessment of

what might be done in a place of business to prevent the “moral amnesia”

phenomenon from taking a foothold in a place of business.

Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type size.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.

Make sure you cite your sources.

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ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
Ethical Decisions in the Workplace
After reading your background readings, please review the following scenario and
address the questions at the end.
Jerry Stevens heads up an excavation crew for the municipal utilities district in a
city in Nebraska. A sewer line needs to be replaced and it has been excavated
with a back-hoe. The trench is 7 feet deep. The municipality’s safety rules indicate
that employees should not go into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to
prevent employees from being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die
every year from trench cave-ins.
The trench box won’t arrive on site for another 6 hours and the city promised
residents that the sewer would be fixed by the end of the day, which now seems
impossible. The City Administrator called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated
that it was imperative that the sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible
because a City Council member is served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss
if it’s not fixed by the promised time.
One of the more experienced workers states, “It’s only going to take 30 minutes to
dig under the pipe and loosen the fittings. We don’t need the trench box. We used
to do this all the time before we were required to use one of those darn things.”
Jerry knows he’s right. He used to do it himself before the rule was put in place.
Also, the soil is clearly a cohesive soil and it’s highly unlikely that it will collapse.
And although there is an organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches
deeper than 5 feet, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
does not have jurisdiction over municipalities in Nebraska because municipalities
are political subdivisions of the State. The only entity regulating safety policies is
the City’s Safety Director and he took the day off.
1. In this scenario, to what extent do you think allowing the crew into the trench
without a trench box would be pushing (or exceeding) the limit?
2. Discuss any ethical grey areas in this scenario?
3. What in your mind is the right thing to do?
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4. What is the value of having an ethics program (and related programs like
safety programs) and what are the responsibilities of front line
leaders/supervisors and the workers when they face dilemmas such as the one
described?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Please take some time to review the materials and take a position on the issue.
Write a 2- to 3-page assessment of the authors’ claims, and your assessment of
what might be done in a place of business to prevent the “moral amnesia”
phenomenon from taking a foothold in a place of business.
Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.
Make sure you cite your sources.
Use APA style, and proofread your paper.
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