Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Vehicle Insurance, Agriculture And Agri-Food Canada, Making Money

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Very large gap between what people say they will do, and think what they will do, and what people actually do in real life. People do not report because they doubt what they see, and how it doesn"t match the personality type of the person (denial) If not in denial, you must make a decision to come forward or not; you are taking a risk of losing your career and enormous consequences. Doing the right thing can carry large consequences. Developing a framework for ethical decisions needs to be realistic. Agriculture canada example (audio); was sued, fired, and discredited but won their case. Karen olivery: pediatric kidney diseases; discovered the drug she was giving her patients was killing them; she won her case but was fired, sued and discredited. Involves compensating people for harm done to them. Wealth redistribution mechanism in the form of compensation.