In: Operations Management
*As an employee with less than one year of experience in a firm,
what actions would you pursue if you encountered unethical
practices by a strategic leader?
*Select an organization, social group, or volunteer agency of which
you are a member that you believe has an ethical culture. What
factors caused this culture to be ethical? Are there any events
that would cause the culture to become less ethical? If so, what
are they?
*Do firms encounter ethical issues when they use internal
corporate-venturing processes to produce and manage innovation? If
so, what are these issues?
*Small firms often have innovative products. When is it appropriate
for a large firm to buy a small firm for its product innovations
and new product ideas?
>> When employees have very less experience, companies usually don't give much importance to what they say. In such a scenario, laying aquisitions on senior employees would harm new employee itself. To highlight the unethical issues, the new employee can report the event being anonymous. The other way would be conveying the issue through another senior employee who encourages ethical practices.
>> I opine that the organization, I currently work is ethical. The factors which made it ethical are:
>> Internal - corporate venturing creates a competition and comparison among colleagues at same level. To grow up in the organization, they might resort to unethical practices and project themselves before top management as top performers. These prove detrimental to the company over some time. There are also chances that competition might create disconnect among employees and exchange of ideas and information would stop, which is not a good thing for an organization.
>> It is suggested to buy a small firm for its innovative ideas: