Individual Scenario 1
Individual Scenario Paper
University of Phoenix: MBA 500
Individual Scenario 2
Abstract
A young PHD graduate from MIT was hired by Mr. Polston to support the Graphics and Clinical testing software for one of the most profitable departments within the company. This employee refused to support a specific software package that was needed to support this highly important division. His reasoning was due to the fact that he believed this software to be developed by students from MIT using grant money from the University and believed that the students were not returning any of the gained profits back to MIT, and he viewed this to be unethical. This division’s president immediately contacted the CEO of Mr. Polston’s company, Mr. Polston’s boss, who was furious and immediately told Mr. Polston to fire the employee. The CEO had spent a great deal of resources installing a customer sensitive culture into this organization, and this new PHD graduate clearly was going against this organization’s philosophy. Mr. Polston needed to use a critical thinking analysis in order to be fair to the customer, the employee, and the CEO.
Individual Scenario 3
The ultimate problem is figuring out which party is ethically correct here: the software company or the new employee. This includes setting up a framework for what is and is not ethical. This situation has come about due to an upset customer lacking the needed support for a particular software package. The employee refusing to give the support is arguing unethical behavior on the part of the software company for profiting from a software development that was originally conceived due to a MIT funded grant. MIT, according to the employee’s beliefs, is not receiving an ...