Globe Case Assignment

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Part I: I believe Susan bond has two options, first is to ignore the ethical implications at Empire Globe Corporation and proceed with further negotiations with Power authority while helping Treadstone maximizing profits. And the second is to reveal the truth without becoming a sacrificial lamb (that seems to be her inherent nature, as it sprouts from her family background) for the false alarm by Treadstone about inefficiency in the Feldport operations to Feldportians. If I was in Susan’s position, at this point when I know Treadstone and James are not going to reveal truth to all the stakeholders for sure, I will file a complaint about the manipulated advancements by Treadstone to the public of Feldport and the authorities. Treadstone was playing under the law and Feldportians were willing to make any special arrangements to attract Empire globe back to the Feldport, therefore he might have been successful in his plans, however for me, taking advantage of someone while showing a miser image is ethically incorrect and has to be escalated to party adversely affected, immediately. So far, I believe Susan is on right track; in this case her personal belief about being reasonable to all the stakeholders is the foundation of her ethical beliefs. I further believe she already had gone overboard and was able to negotiate 4 objectives out of 5 with city officials and local businesses of Feldport. Her due diligence was lacking initially to rationalize the truth about Empire globe, but later in the case when she confronts with her boss about the lies he has been telling, she sounds like a person with integrity. From Lewis, (1985, p. 381); definition of ethics, her actions could be justified where he states, “Business ethics is rules, standards, codes or principles which provide guidelines for morally right behavior and truthfulness in specific situations”. Hence, I

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