Just as ethical issues may arise in business organizations, they also do so in the sports world. From the excerpt in our Business textbook (Ferrell, 2015), ethical issues arise in the example of the New Orleans Saint Football team. As our Business textbook states, “The New Orleans football organization is an example of ethical misconduct in leadership (Ferrell, 2015).” The New Orleans Saints leadership exhibited ethical issues such as bribery within the team, fairness and honesty in the game, compromising of the relationships amongst the teammates, owners, coaches and, but not limited to, other football teams within the NFL. The most obvious ethical issue would be abusive and intimidating behavior.
The New Orleans Saints’ organizational culture was jeopardized by the poor examples the leadership and players demonstrated resulting in the “bounty scandal.” Many fans uphold the team to a higher standard and the positive behaviors, values, attitudes, and expectations they are believed to have are unfounded once a scandal is exposed. The “bounty scandal” tainted the view of the team’s positive culture to the fans who upheld the team as an exemplary model in the NFL. Rebuilding the reputation and the organizational culture within an organization such as the New Orleans Saints team, it takes the whole team and everyone affiliated to follow a code of ethics. …show more content…
As our Business textbook (Ferrell, 2015) states, “Ethical decisions in an organization are influenced by three factors: individual moral standards, the influence of managers and co-workers, and the opportunity to engage in misconduct.” Ethics needs to be the core organizational value of the team. Implementing this type of program, focus and positive decisions can be enforced to avoid misconduct and further damage. This needs to be a priority within the team. Once moral standards and influence coincide with positive decisions, an organization can rebuild their reputation. Exemplifying positive behavior, attitudes, values, and expectations is essential in leadership. It starts with leadership. Leadership must display these positive actions for the whole team to capture and display to rebuild and regain trust within the NFL community. Sally has ethical issues to consider based on her situation to hire a new employee for her growing business. Sally needs to consider the nature of her social responsibilities. These responsibilities include legal, economics, and voluntary activities of her business decisions (Ferrel, 2015). Hiring either Mary or Julie, Sally can positively impact her business, while potentially impacting all parties involved. Economically, Julie would be the better choice; however, hiring Mary would be the more ethical choice for the integrity of her word and business. Sally’s ethical responsibility would be to hire Mary, for Sally had already done so with affirmation and a start date. Following through by her word, Sally preserves her ethical responsibility by doing what is right, just and fair. By doing this, Sally implements a positive aspect of social responsibility within her business. (Ferrel, 2015). Initially, Sally reluctantly met with Julie. Sally’s word was, “…I’ll meet with her, but that is all.” By hiring Julie, Sally would compromise her word to her friend and more so Mary. An owner’s word and integrity is what most successful businesses stand on. However, after Sally met with Julie she realized the best thing for her business might be to hire the more qualified, which was Julie. Economically for her business, this choice would be ideal, but I believe Sally’s responsibility to Mary is to provide the opportunity as affirmed through her recent, confirmed employment. Project manager, Brad, would not be acting in integrity if he purchased black market software. Knowingly purchasing black market products is illegal and he compromises not only his integrity, but the firm’s integrity. By purchasing black market software, this provides resources to illegal activity. In the long run, this can create more social and economic issues. Brad will violate voluntary, ethical, legal, and economic responsibilities which can ultimately harm our society. It is the social responsibility of Brad to provide resources to legitimate businesses. As our Business textbook states, “Every dollar spent on society’s problems is a dollar less for owners and investors (Ferrell, 2015). If Brad chose to purchase legitimate software, he responsibly feeds into our economy.
The New Orleans Saints’ organizational culture was jeopardized by the poor examples the leadership and players demonstrated resulting in the “bounty scandal.” Many fans uphold the team to a higher standard and the positive behaviors, values, attitudes, and expectations they are believed to have are unfounded once a scandal is exposed. The “bounty scandal” tainted the view of the team’s positive culture to the fans who upheld the team as an exemplary model in the NFL. Rebuilding the reputation and the organizational culture within an organization such as the New Orleans Saints team, it takes the whole team and everyone affiliated to follow a code of ethics. …show more content…
As our Business textbook (Ferrell, 2015) states, “Ethical decisions in an organization are influenced by three factors: individual moral standards, the influence of managers and co-workers, and the opportunity to engage in misconduct.” Ethics needs to be the core organizational value of the team. Implementing this type of program, focus and positive decisions can be enforced to avoid misconduct and further damage. This needs to be a priority within the team. Once moral standards and influence coincide with positive decisions, an organization can rebuild their reputation. Exemplifying positive behavior, attitudes, values, and expectations is essential in leadership. It starts with leadership. Leadership must display these positive actions for the whole team to capture and display to rebuild and regain trust within the NFL community. Sally has ethical issues to consider based on her situation to hire a new employee for her growing business. Sally needs to consider the nature of her social responsibilities. These responsibilities include legal, economics, and voluntary activities of her business decisions (Ferrel, 2015). Hiring either Mary or Julie, Sally can positively impact her business, while potentially impacting all parties involved. Economically, Julie would be the better choice; however, hiring Mary would be the more ethical choice for the integrity of her word and business. Sally’s ethical responsibility would be to hire Mary, for Sally had already done so with affirmation and a start date. Following through by her word, Sally preserves her ethical responsibility by doing what is right, just and fair. By doing this, Sally implements a positive aspect of social responsibility within her business. (Ferrel, 2015). Initially, Sally reluctantly met with Julie. Sally’s word was, “…I’ll meet with her, but that is all.” By hiring Julie, Sally would compromise her word to her friend and more so Mary. An owner’s word and integrity is what most successful businesses stand on. However, after Sally met with Julie she realized the best thing for her business might be to hire the more qualified, which was Julie. Economically for her business, this choice would be ideal, but I believe Sally’s responsibility to Mary is to provide the opportunity as affirmed through her recent, confirmed employment. Project manager, Brad, would not be acting in integrity if he purchased black market software. Knowingly purchasing black market products is illegal and he compromises not only his integrity, but the firm’s integrity. By purchasing black market software, this provides resources to illegal activity. In the long run, this can create more social and economic issues. Brad will violate voluntary, ethical, legal, and economic responsibilities which can ultimately harm our society. It is the social responsibility of Brad to provide resources to legitimate businesses. As our Business textbook states, “Every dollar spent on society’s problems is a dollar less for owners and investors (Ferrell, 2015). If Brad chose to purchase legitimate software, he responsibly feeds into our economy.