Question

You are an executive in your company. A senior executive of your key competitor has recently interviewed you extensively for a more lucrative position with this competitor. Having not heard back from the interviewer, you did some investigation and found out that, this was a fake interview aimed only at gaining competitive intelligence. You know that this fake interview is a violation of the Christian religious view of ethics.

a. Explain why the fake interview violated the Christian religious view of ethics as discussed in your READ assignment. It is important to align your worldview claims to those expressed in the READ assignment. Don’t go on a tangent with any other personal beliefs.

b. Which of the other view(s) of ethics discussed in Chapter 5 (i.e., except religious) does this fake interview exemplify?  

Answer 1

The idea associated with Judeo-Christian ethics or Judeo-Christian values underpins American politics, law and morals. This has been a part of the American civil religion since the 1940s. Judeo-Christian ethics believes in the dignity of human life, and the common decency and support of traditional family values. Many “movements and programs have been developed in an effort to take more seriously the moral and spiritual life in relation to business” (Melé, D., & Fontrodona, J., 2017, pg. 676)

According to these beliefs discussed in the book, this fake firm has violated their ethic code. This fake interview was trying to steal information from me as the top executive for my company. For me personally, this is cruel and unfair to make someone believe that they are offered a job, just to secretly steal information. The Judeo-Christians ethics believes that people should behave in a way that can benefit others (Parnell, 2008). They also believe in the Golden Rule, which says to treat others in a way that you would want someone to treat you. The one thing that I had never thought about, is how this system of belief in the business world does not consider of the situational variables. There is a clearly defined right or wrong way to handle a situation within this belief, with no middle ground to consider.

The main thing that would suck is if my company found out that I gave away important information to our competitor. As the executive of this company, I could have put my company at a disadvantage. The board members could potentially fire me for my wrong doing. The Self-interest view of ethics exemplifies this fake interview the most in my opinion. The Self-interest view of ethics suggests that the “benefits of the decision maker should be the primary consideration” (Parnell, 2008. Pg. 102). Many organizations run their businesses this way, because they feel that they only must worry about what they need. It is a cut-throat world after all, and a business is always trying to find the upper hand. I do not agree with an organization fooling an individual to get information out of them, but I cannot fault them for wanting to do whatever it takes to survive.

Reference:

Parnell, J.A. (2008). Strategic management: Theory and practice (3rd ed). Cincinnati, OH: Cengage.

Melé, D. mele@iese. ed., & Fontrodona, J. fontrodona@iese. ed. (2017). Christian Ethics and Spirituality in Leading Business Organizations: Editorial Introduction. Journal of Business Ethics, 145(4), 671–679.

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