Assignment 1: First Business Scenario

In the first business scenario, it has been outlined that I am working on a project along with other several companies and it happens that one of the companies is doing shoddy, dangerous work. In such a case, the shoddy and dangerous work done by one company that is part of the project being undertaken will mean that the entire project will be futile. This is because such an unscrupulous behavior will jeopardize the good work done by other companies. In such a case, the only morally viable decision to undertake is to report the company engaging in shoddy, dangerous work. Even though undertaking such a decision will mean that I lose 20% of my revenue for the year, I am convinced that reporting the problem is the only viable decision that can be undertaken to avoid scenarios where all companies working on a project faces collective criminal susceptibility due to the shoddy and dangerous work done by one company. Therefore, reporting the problem will help avoid such scenarios and ensure that the company responsible for such a mess is individually held responsible at an early stage. Condoning the executed shoddy and dangerous work may be hugely costly in future when such malpractices are unearthed by the responsible authorities.
The decision to report the company engaging in shoddy, dangerous work will be premised on environmental concern, regulatory compliance, and human safety ethical dimensions. To begin with, reporting the company engaging in shoddy dangerous work is a crucial environmental concern that that can help salvage the environment from further mutilation through such shoddy and dangerous practices (Onorato & Walsh, 2016). Other than waiting until the final stage of the project when such malpractices by undertaken by one of the company are visible for anyone to discern, reporting earlier can help salvage the entire scenario. Even though undertaking such a decision will come at a personal cost of losing 20% of my revenue for the years, it is important to note that environmental mutilation that can be caused by such shoddy and dangerous practices cannot be equated to any monetary value. Besides this, human safety is another ethical dimension that will guide me towards reporting the company engaging in shoddy and dangerous practices. It is common knowledge that such shoddy practices may be highly injurious for human safety. Therefore, other than giving room for such a company to continuously entrench its shoddy and dangerous practices at costly human safety prices, reporting it earlier will provide room for such a company to be held liable individually for its malpractices. As such, this will help avoid likely gross damage to human safety (Gasparski, 2018). On an additional note, reporting the company engaging in shoddy and dangerous will also be undertaken from a regulatory compliance ethical dimension. From a regulatory perspective, such malpractices are expected to be reported with the aim of ensuring the company responsible for perpetrating such shoddy and dangerous practices is held liable for its actions. Failure to report will mean that all companies taking part in the project will be held liable collectively due to business malpractices committed by one company.









References
Gasparski, W. W. (2018). Human action in business: Praxiological and ethical dimensions. Routledge.
Onorato, M., & Walsh, L. (2016). An empirical study of ethical sensitivity in a business school environment. Academy of Business Research Journal, 1, 50.