Homework answers / question archive / 1)Staffing Ethics: Moral Disengagement For each of  the  scenarios  that  follow, use  at least one  of  the  four  loci  (behavioral,  agency,  outcomes, or  victim)  through  which  someone  might  morally  disengage to provide an example of how someone might convince him or herself that ethical standards do not apply in that situation

1)Staffing Ethics: Moral Disengagement For each of  the  scenarios  that  follow, use  at least one  of  the  four  loci  (behavioral,  agency,  outcomes, or  victim)  through  which  someone  might  morally  disengage to provide an example of how someone might convince him or herself that ethical standards do not apply in that situation

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1)Staffing Ethics: Moral Disengagement For each of  the  scenarios  that  follow, use  at least one  of  the  four  loci  (behavioral,  agency,  outcomes, or  victim)  through  which  someone  might  morally  disengage to provide an example of how someone might convince him or herself that ethical standards do not apply in that situation. For example, for the first scenario, the executive might think, “promoting my friend doesn’t really  hurt  anyone,”  applying  the  outcomes  locus.  Be prepared to share your answers with the class. 

a. An executive promotes a friend and competent man-ager instead of an even better-qualified manager with whom he has no close personal ties.

 b. An  organization  decides  to  invest  in  developing  its top  performing  20  percent  of  employees  for  eventual promotion, not  allowing the  other 80  percent to participate  in  the  various  training  and  development activities. 

c. An employer decides to relocate a clothing manufacturing facility to Bangladesh because labor laws there permit the employment of cheap child labor. 

d. A  company  uses  a  variety  of  assessments  to  screen job  candidates  that  it  thinks  likely  predict  job  performance, but it hasn’t checked and can’t be sure.

e. A manager tells a subordinate, who is a good friend, about upcoming layoffs that were supposed to be kept confidential.