In this case, both positive and
negative values have been discussed. The first positive value in this case is introduction
of Mr. Rashid, who is the manager of the company, and he is an honest person. Being
honest is a positive value shown by anyone. The second positive value is shown
for Abdullah, who is showing the essence of hard work in his work. However, the
negative value in this case is the fact that Abdullah is not getting rewarded
as per his hard work and responsibilities. The second negative value being a
Muslim man is to start leaving to offer prayers due to his work, and in the end
he was more irregular in offering his prayers.
Q. ii
It is important to understand the
modeling behavior of Mr. Rashid in the case, how it was shown in the early
stages, and how it developed with the passage of time. It is evident in the first
period that Mr. Rashid is being an honest man, motivated enough to work with
his subordinates like Abdullah. His behavior is labeled to be a positive one, a
person having honesty in his approach. The second thing in the modeling period
is the hard work nature of Mr. Rashid, which is always a sign of commitment. It
shows that a person is committed enough to bring a positive change with his
actions.
Q. iii
Yes, I agree with the answer,
because the personality traits shared in the case are clearly showing that Mr.
Rashid is an honest man, who believes in hard work. Moreover, it is also
evident that he always tries to treat everyone equally, without discriminating
with any subordinates. This kind of qualities show an ethical behavior of a
person, who believes in ethics, and don’t do anything unfair with anyone. That’s
why; he was able to inspire Abdullah and other subordinates working under his
supervision.
Case Study 2
Q. i
There are so many ethical
principles, which are followed by Mr. Ahmed, the owner of Shams LLC. There are
certain ethical principles, which can make a positive impact on the company. The
first ethical principle is being honest with your customers, and this is what
Mr. Ahmed is doing with full dedication. The second most important principle is
to show personal integrity so that customers are able to trust you. Mr. Ahmad
has created this integrity by showing his honest attitude to conduct business,
where even he instructed stores to deal fairly with the customers. Trustworthiness
is important ethical principle, and it is followed by showing the essence of
promise-keeping, and this is what Mr. Ahmed is doing with full devotion,
without compromising on any principles.
Q. ii
It was great to see that Mr. Ahmed
did not want to involve in issues, which may lead to put a question mark on his
business and its integrity. He asked his employee if any mistake is made, then
still have a positive attitude. He never compromised on the quality of product.
Even, he asked his partner stores that they should never raise the price of his
products for any given reasons. He also prohibits them to hide the stock to
hike the prices. He always made sure that enough stock is available to keep
supply & demand in balance. These elements were great to make his business successful
one.
Q. iii
Mr. Ahmed has shown four primary
positive qualities being part of the Omani society. The first quality is going
for a halal loan, so he can avoid taking loan on interest. The second primary
positive thing about Mr. Ahmed is his honest approach to do business for
society, not to just earn profits. The third thing is being honest to his
customers, and last positive quality is to believing in fair dealing with
customers by providing quality products.
Case Study 3
Q. i
The ethical dilemma in this case is
associated with Mr. Sulaiman, who wanted Mr. Saleh to purchase raw materials
from his company, but there was an issue that raw materials provided by Sulaiman
were lacking in quality. Now, ethical dilemma is if he tells the Mr. Saleh
about low quality, he will not purchase his raw materials, and second situation
is to hide the quality part, and sale raw materials being unethical. It was an
ethical dilemma that both situations were not on the right side for both
parties. Sulaiman could have opted for something better, which also follows the
ethical guidelines to do business.
Q. ii
It is vital for companies and individuals
to be ethical, which conducting their business, but this case showed some
unethical things performed by the parties. It was unethical at the first place
to sell low quality raw material, just to gain business, whereas it cannot be
fruitful in long terms. Secondly, it was unethical to sell bad quality raw
materials, and hiding it from the buyer. It cannot be justified in any given
terms.
Q. iii
Keeping the scenario of the case,
various ethical principles would have resolved the situation, where no one
would have faced any damages or bad reputation. The first ethical principle is
being honest. If Sulaiman would have shown honesty in dealing with Mr. Saleh,
then he might have got a better proposal, where Mr. Saleh may have asked to
raise the quality of raw material, and he would have bought it from Sulaiman. The
second ethical principle is trustworthiness. Sulaiman lied to Saleh, and he
will never get any business opportunity again, whereas if he would have kept
trustworthiness, then he could have made a long term business relationship with
Mr. Saleh and his company.
Case Study 4
Q. i
The case has talked about several
aspects of individual social responsibility shown by Oman LNG and its workforce.
The first major example of individual social responsibility is shown by Mr.
Rashid, who is committed to help the nearby communities and its people. The
first major example is helping students of the community to deal with
unemployment issues by giving them training through training programs. Mr.
Rashid is giving training in areas, which are facing shortage of skilled
resources in the country. The second example of individual social
responsibility is shown by Mr. Rashid by giving awareness to students about environmental
policy and issues by conducting awareness programs and seminars in local
schools and colleges. This is how students learn about the importance of clean environment,
and how they can play their positive part.
Q. ii
The first corporate social responsibility
of LNG is to have an investment portfolio, which helps them to have a Fund for
community projects so that host communities can benefit from this fund. The
second CSR element is also having a National Fund to support more regions
across the country so that sustainability is achieved together. The third
element of CSR shown by LNG is to make investment in giving a huge amount to referral
hospitals so that they can improve health care for the public. The fourth
example of CSR shown by LNG is to promote a variety of social works among its
employees so that they are also a positive art of this social drive.
Q. iii
The major difference between ISR and
CSR is the fact that ISR deals with individuals, how they develop their
individual perceptions about the society, and how they should be playing their
positive part in it, like Mr. Rashid is doing in this case. CSR deals with
overall social responsibility work of the company including promoting the
essence of ISR, like Mr. Rashid was committed with social responsibility
because it was promoted by the company to promote essence of social work in its
employees.
Case Study 5
Q. i
The cultural shocked by Mr. Peter is
not something new, and people tend to face such shocks, when they visit other
countries, which are different from their home countries. The method for Mr.
Peter to deal with this shock is to know about its host country more, and
understand its dynamics so that he can be familiar to them to ease down his
nerves. The second method is to make new friends in the host country so that he
can get along well in the new culture, and forget about his issues. The third
method is to set some goals for him to stay in this country by taking this as a
challenge. And last method to deal with cultural shock is finding some healthy
and positive distractions so that he can calm himself down.
Q. ii
It is vital to understand for any
company that diverse workforce can be a great resource for them in so many
ways. OGC is having diverse workforce, people coming from different
backgrounds. The first benefit for OGC to acquire through diversity is to
increase their productivity as much as possible. The second thing is to
increase their creativity. For instance, if they have got an Asian creative
resource, he can share his creativity with the company to find new
opportunities. The third thing is to get employees engaged to develop a better
workplace. And the last thing is get people with wide range of skills.
Q. iii
The first method to increase and promote
diversity is to incorporate it in the hiring process by guiding HR to bring
diverse workforce as much as possible. The second method is to develop a proper
strategy and policy, which asks to treat everyone equally, and no one is
discriminated by giving any excused, and this policy will help to promote
diversity for OGC.