Working in a corporate can be
difficult if it lacks and business values. There are several acts and problems
which fall under the category of ethical problems. E.g. mistreatment of
employees, harassment, discrimination, employee favoritism, poor leadership,
and executive compensation, potential lay off choices etc. An ethical problem
which made headline in 2017 was customer mistreatment by United Airlines. It led to boycott of the airline worldwide. There
are many of the problems that came in businesses in terms of maintaining the
positive atmosphere in the organization. The organization atmosphere depends on
the maintenance of positivity in the organization by the senior management.
Description
Customer mistreatment is the
ethical problem which exists among several corporates. They release statements
and products but then discriminate and mistreat the employees depending upon
their ethnic, racial, linguistic, financial and sexual differences. The
misconduct with the passenger in United
Airlines made headline because the behavior was unacceptable and the
airline overbooked the flight thinking some people might not even get on board,
it resulted in lack of sitting area so the crew forced a passenger David Dao to
compensate but he resisted on which his head was smashed and he was dragged out
of the plane along with his wife out of the plane. Luckily, there were several
other passengers with smartphones on the plane whoever had access to social
media posted it and this is how the incident was proved on certain grounds. [1]
Beneficiaries of United Flight incident
The US department of rights
suggests that it is not illegal to overbook a flight but the way the airline
adopted was humiliating. The CEO of the airline, Oscar Munoz was promoted to
the seat prior to the incident. After the incident he issued an apology which
was not directed to the Dr. Dao, he was mocked so he came up with another
apology to Dr. Dao this time but damage was done. Whoever, did not wish to see
Munoz at the seat, competitive airlines and whoever got benefit from boycott of
the airline and it services were at beneficiaries.
Real world Example
Let we take the real world example
in ethical issues in a cooperation. As in our topic we write about the united
airlines so we take the example the united airlines. Through cooperate culture
if the employees had been inspired as well as by their training accustomed to
exercise discretion as well as in the situation determine the basic ethical
behavior, I became shocked if the plight would have the different results in
flight 3411. On its websites there certainly seems to be disconnect among the
ethics rhetoric united as well as how in real life situations the organization
behaves. On worker welfare reflects United’s human right policy statement along
with the worldwide policy to conducting our business our commitment in a manner
with these principles; let’s take an example by the general Assembly of United
States the principles reflected in the declaration of Human rights issues [2].
Who lost because of the incident?
The airline and Oscar Munoz lost
because of the incident. This unethical attribute resulted in loss of
stakeholders and the position of market fell in airline industry. [3]
What should be done to prevent such
situations?
Overbooking and poor customer
dealing or treatment led to such situation. Although, it is allowed to overbook
a flight it is completely wrong to mistreat a customer like who has paid for
the flight and was allowed to seat on the seat. To avoid such situations,
overbooking of seats should be prevented and if a condition like this re-occurs
then crew can be more patient and respectable towards the passenger and the
passenger should also cooperate with the company wherever they are correct. [4]
References of Ethical problem in a corporate
[1]
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K. V. Oster,
"List of Ethical Issues in Business," 29 June 2018. [Online].
Available:
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/list-ethical-issues-business-55223.html.
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[2]
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rashmi, "United
Airlines’ Ethics Rhetoric vs. Reality," 5 september 2017. [Online].
Available: https://www.rashmiairan.com/united-airlines-ethics-rhetoric/.
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[3]
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R. Anaejionu,
"Ethics Problems in Corporate America," 2018. [Online]. Available:
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/ethics-problems-corporate-america-11721.html.
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[4]
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L. SHEN, "The 10
Biggest Business Scandals of 2017," 10 December 2017. [Online].
Available:
http://fortune.com/2017/12/31/biggest-corporate-scandals-misconduct-2017-pr/.
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