Question

This assignment will explore the idea of an ethical dilemma. An ethical dilemma has three conditions: (1) “an individual…must make a decision about which course of action is best, (2) there must be different courses of action to choose from, and (3) no matter what course of action is taken, some ethical principle is compromised…there is no perfect solution,” (Allen, 2012). So what are ethics? “Ethics are prepositional statements (standards) that are used by members of a profession or group to determine what the right course of action in a situation is,” (Allen, 2012).

With this in mind, post an answer on the discussion board by 11:59 PM on the due date that addresses each of the following:

              (1) Identify a current example of a public service dilemma. “Current” means within the last five years.

              (2) Describe the background of your example and how this is an ethical dilemma based upon the above definition. You must explain both sides of the dilemma.

              (3) How could the dilemma be avoided?

              (4) What should be done to rectify the dilemma?

              (5) What effect do ethical dilemmas have upon public administration, the government, and/or its regulations, laws, etc.? See Chapter 3

              (6) Cite your source using APA format.

              (7) Post should be at least 250 words.

              (8) Students should reply to at least one other student (150 words minimum per post).

              (9) Answers should be in paragraph format. This means there should be more than one paragraph.

Answer 1

1. Management Leader faces ethical challenges like a tradeoff between higher ore production limits and extraction of ores beyond limits to achieve economies of scale even if it breaches environmental pollution standards specifically in public sector organisations in USA which hvae been witnessed so far in past five years. Such challenges often lead to win lose scenario and hefty brand economic losses.
2. Strong work culture and values truly driven by honesty in actions and integrity in opinions are must to drive public sector organisations as well as voluntary organisations .
3. Ethical differences often leads to conflicts like when managers layoff top performers as against moderate performers just because of their inter personal relationship and style of management and workplace behaviour This results to organisational politics and employee dissatisfaction at the same time breaches ethical and moral values.
4. Strong ethical audit and legal committes as well as Whistle-blower policies help eliminate such unethical practices described above by various managers.
5. To evaluate all ethical dilemmas, organisations must deploy training programmes on ethical principles and breach of contract with subsequent impacts. All employees must be registered to sign such contract and shouldt be given full fledged training so that makes all responsibilities and roles are taken with ethical integrity and legal counselling support must be given to avoid any breach of contract.

References :

6 step method for managing ethical dilemma, Matt sweetwood, March 31st 2016.