Ethical Issues In Obama Care

“Managers are faced with a paradox. They are told to change their organizations or risk
Them perishing; at the same time, they are told that their organizations are at risk of perishing because of the disruptive impact of change” ( )
To put this in simpler terms, many organizations are caught between a rock and a hard place. Nowadays organizations find themselves in an environment where the must stay relevant or they’ll be forgotten while maintaining a brand identity that sets them apart. It could be said that phenomena such as globalization has integrated organizations like never before but also has isolated them as well. External pressures, as well as some internal, act as change agents that organizations must contend with on a daily…show more content…
In fact, according to Webster’s dictionary, mandated means,” an authoritative command; especially: a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one” ("Mandate," 2014). Recall that organizations are groups formed for a common purpose and usually have to be recognized by a governing authority to gain some form of legitimacy. While this might not always be the case, it is common enough to hold water. Recently, many individuals and organizations have been mandated to accept the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise known as Obama care. According to “Obama Care Facts: Facts on the Affordable Care Act” (n.d.), “give more Americans access to affordable, quality health insurance, and to reduce the growth in health care spending in the U.S” (What is ObamaCare). The mandate became law that private citizens and organizations had to comply with and find how to implement. Insurance companies, hospitals and private practices would not have to “get up to code” in order to comply. Not complying would carry a multitude of consequences. This practice is referred to as formal coercive pressures. In light of these mandates, there were many changes to the industry as a whole and only time will ultimately tell if the mandated pressures actually were positive or…show more content…
During the tenure of former CEO Steve jobs, Apple had extreme unprecedented success. Garnering an almost cult-like following with its innovations, Apple found itself in very unique position in that the products it manufactured were first to market, essentially creating a new market for competitors to challenge it in. While there where computers, phones and mp3 players from different companies none had the integration and usability across all it’s platforms like Apple did. This allowed it to sell one product to a consumer but guarantee this product would work with its other devices. Additional to this, it brought to market a phone that integrated various technologies. This was new and invoated. However, like most things, the idea was replicated and soon other companies were following the model; none like Samsung however. Samsung took apple’s idea and made it their own. After Jobs death, the identity of the company took a hit as well as their market share. To counter this, apple had to get creative with it’s techonolgy and even recently, at the release of the newest phone, displayed features to it’s phone that had never previously been touted as “tacky” . To compete and stay relvant, a change had to be made and the change was to do what it’s competitors had