.ethical decision making

Assignment #2 – This assignment gives you the opportunity to read and discuss several cases that delve into ethical decision making. Be sure that you relate your answers to information you have learned from your readings from the book. Here is the book: Baldwin, Timothy T, Bommer, William H., and Rubin, Robert S., Managing Organizational Behavior- What Great Managers Know and Do, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2013. You will need a book to answer the questions for chapter 4,and 5. All assignment must be double spaced and each questions must be answered with proper paragraph. Chapter 4 In our careers as managers, we will undoubtedly be faced with making ethical decisions. Although you may or may not be faced with one of the situations given in this assignment, it is good practice to think about ethics in the workplace and how those relate to you, your colleagues, your family and your friends. For this chapter assignment: 1) Read "Manage What", #1, on page 120 and answer the questions at the end of the scenario. 2) Read "Manage What", #4, on page 120 and explain what you would do and why in this situation. Chapter 5 Management Live 5.5 on page 181 This Management Live discusses the importance of picking the right communication channel to convey different information. Importantly, technology is not always the answer to sending messages. As evidenced at Google, where technology dominates, posters taped to doors was an effective way to draw attention. If the audience is being overloaded in one channel, presenters might want to try to send their message through another channel. Or, presenters can alter the channel in a creative way to attract attention. Read the section in the chapter about communication channels as they relate to information richness and topic complexity. Consider the following messages and discuss which communication channel would be most effective in each scenario and why. 1.Managers at a shipping facility are concerned by the number of back injuries employees are suffering due to improper lifting techniques. Workers have already been trained on proper lifting, so how can management get the message to “stick”? 2.A college professor wants her students to participate in a research project in the evening. How should she send this message so students will notice it and participate? 3.An employee is frustrated by his job. He feels like his boss doesn’t give him enough direction about the goals and expectations of the job. How can he best communicate this message to his boss? 4.As a manager during a company reorganization, you must tell nine workers that their employment is being terminated.