international management
Tutorial 3- Chapter 2: Social Responsibility and Ethics
Tutorial Activity 1: Ongoing Semester Case Study- Businessville Hotel
The hotel manager should not acquire furniture from the furniture dealer even though he was a friend of his brother. Looking at the economic perspective, the manager might want to acquire the furniture from the dealer with the cost saving purpose as he was given a discount for the furniture. However, the manager should accomplish his duties legally while complied with his own ethical principles.
In the first place, it is important to consider that the source of the furniture is unknown. No additional information was being disclosed when the manager was pleased to ask his brother. Therefore, a question of whether the supplier is dependable arose. It is an obvious paradigm of unethical act that the information of furniture promoted was not disclosed to the other party (Grandgenett and Derelian 2010, 1104). The dealer as a persuader was unethically tried to hide the source of supply and yet emphasized that the furniture were of good quality. Hence, the manager was unethical if he accepted the offer because he was supporting an unethical act.
Additionally, the manager should not buy the unidentified furniture due to the legal issues. Since the dealer is his brother, there would be a conflict of interest occur. Logically, it is pretty difficult to purchase quality- products with low cost only in the case that the source of the products are suspicious. Likewise, the furniture could be a result of smuggling or backdoor selling. Also, there might be under table activities and bribery issues between the dealer and his friend from another country. In country like Uganda, the businessmen believe that in certain aspects of the business, they have to do offer some “facilitation payments” to complete a deal (The Economist 2002). Consequently, the manager might violate the legislation and the hotel’s policies if he decided to purchase the furniture.
Tutorial Activity 1: Ongoing Semester Case Study- Businessville Hotel
The hotel manager should not acquire furniture from the furniture dealer even though he was a friend of his brother. Looking at the economic perspective, the manager might want to acquire the furniture from the dealer with the cost saving purpose as he was given a discount for the furniture. However, the manager should accomplish his duties legally while complied with his own ethical principles.
In the first place, it is important to consider that the source of the furniture is unknown. No additional information was being disclosed when the manager was pleased to ask his brother. Therefore, a question of whether the supplier is dependable arose. It is an obvious paradigm of unethical act that the information of furniture promoted was not disclosed to the other party (Grandgenett and Derelian 2010, 1104). The dealer as a persuader was unethically tried to hide the source of supply and yet emphasized that the furniture were of good quality. Hence, the manager was unethical if he accepted the offer because he was supporting an unethical act.
Additionally, the manager should not buy the unidentified furniture due to the legal issues. Since the dealer is his brother, there would be a conflict of interest occur. Logically, it is pretty difficult to purchase quality- products with low cost only in the case that the source of the products are suspicious. Likewise, the furniture could be a result of smuggling or backdoor selling. Also, there might be under table activities and bribery issues between the dealer and his friend from another country. In country like Uganda, the businessmen believe that in certain aspects of the business, they have to do offer some “facilitation payments” to complete a deal (The Economist 2002). Consequently, the manager might violate the legislation and the hotel’s policies if he decided to purchase the furniture.