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Assignment: Money vs. Ethical Decisions at Inter Energy

Introduction

You have been learning about the importance of leading by example when it comes to ethical decisions and treating your team members right. Be sure to review the course information about making ethical decisions under pressure-you are going to use the 12 questions model of decision-making in this week's assignment.

Start by reading Case Study - Money vs. Ethical Decisions at InterEnergy. As you go deeper into the company's ethical issues, you will meet Carla, a middle manager who has a big decision to make. It is your job to evaluate the ethical aspects of her business decision and decide: Will you proceed with the deal in question or back out? Then complete the assignment instructions below.

Instructions
1. Download the Money vs. Ethical Decisions at InterEnergy Template and save it to your computer.
2. Follow the outline in the template to complete the activity.
Personal and Business Ethics
1. Describe the business ethics issues described in the case study.
a. How is InterEnergy acting unethically?
b. Are there any ways the company is acting ethically?
2. Select one personal ethical issue Carla is facing as an employee of InterEnergy.
a. How is the personal ethical issue similar to the ethical issues the business faces as a whole?
b. How is it different?
Complete the 12-Step Decision-Making Process

1. Apply the 12-step decision-making process.
a. Carla can choose to do, or not do, the deal described in the case study and get an $800,000 bonus.
b. Identify the ethical decision she is facin and apply the 12-step decision-making process is applied to ethical decision.
c. Be sure to review the Coach's Huddle from Week 6 to see how the 12-step decision-making process is applied to ethical decisions. Answer the following questions that outline each step in the 12-step decision-making process.

i. Steps:

1. What is the ethical decision Carla's facing?

2. How would you define the ethical decision if you were a shareholder or regulator?

3. How did she arrive at this ethical decision in the first place?

4. To whom and to what does Carla give her loyalty as a person and as a member of the organization?

5. What is her motivation in making this decision?

6. How does her motivation compare with the probable results?

7. Whom could her decision injure?

8. Can she discuss the problem with the affected parties before she makes her decision?

9. Is she confident that her position will be as valid over a long period of time as it seems now?

10. Could she disclose her decision or action to her boss, the head of the organization, her colleagues, her family, the person she most admires, or society as a whole without fear or negative consequences?

11. What is the symbolic potential of her action if understood? If misunderstood?

12. Are there circumstance when she would allow exception to her stand? What are they?

Attachment:- Money vs Ethical Decisions at InterEnergy.rar