MSLD 634_February 2019_2477

  I chose to reflect on the following virtues from Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Frugality: make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e., waste nothing Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and if you speak, speak accordingly Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates Frugality I chose frugality because it is something that I try to practice each day. While I certainly don’t want to go without, I don’t like having too much either. In having too much, I fear that I will waste, and I don’t like wasting time, resources, or energy. I am sure there are areas in which I am wasteful, so I hope to be more diligent in improving my wasteful actions. What I love most about Benjamin’s Frugality virtue is how he emphasized the expense of taking care of ourselves and others; doing good to ourselves and others, should be our only expense. I love this idea because it speaks to the generosity of our hearts. My expense is the way of unconditiona...

Dincer & Dincer (2014) noted that the functional area most closely related to ethical abuse in organizations, is marketing (p.151). Citing Volle (2013), Dincer & Dincer (2014) noted that ethical abuse occurs most in marketing because marketing is the function of business designed to communicate with and openly satisfy customers (p.151). Citing Murphy & Laczniak (1981), Dincer & Dincer (2014) stated that marketing is scrutinized most because of how public it is. I believe that most organizations start off with good intentions; they are usually small, rely heavily on word of mouth, and try to build a good name. However, as they grow, marketing ethics is no longer a priority, winning is. Unfortunately, some companies are so dependent on winning that they lose sight of the very thing that caused their initial growth…their word. Some may argue that companies have the freedom to do whatever it takes to win, as long as it is legal. After all, are organizations really respons...

As outlined by LaFollette (2007), affirmative action is the practice of giving special consideration to minorities and women in hiring practices and school placement (p.87). While many support affirmative action, others oppose affirmative action for the following reasons: affirmative action is reverse discrimination; affirmative action hurts whites who are not responsible for past harms inflicted on blacks; affirmative action potentially disregards more qualified candidates, and affirmative action stigmatizes black (LaFollette, 2007, p.87). Those in opposition to affirmative action believe that these kinds of programs discriminate against whites because of their race, hence the phrase, reverse discrimination (LaFollette, 2007, p.88). The argument is not sound because as LaFollette (2007) pointed out, “whites have subjected blacks to decades of systematic and widespread discrimination. In contrast affirmative action is not part of a network of discrimination against whites. Whites are ...

First pride, then the crash— the bigger the ego, the harder the fall. (Proverbs 16:18) Society I think society’s overall consensus is that pride is a good thing. We should take pride in our work, our nation, our heritage, etc. While I certainly understand that kind of pride, there is a destructive pride. As outlined in the biblical proverb above, when pride comes, ruin soon follows. Perhaps pride comes from the allure and taste of power… Kramer (2003) noted that the trappings of power only serve to feed the dangerous illusions that we have of ourselves; one of the dangerous self-illusions is that we tend to think we are better-than-average in all that we do (para. 22). From an early age we are taught to excel because winners take all. We are indirectly, unintentionally taught to focus less on introspection and the impact of our actions, and more on winning (Kramer, 2003, para. 11). It’s as though no one really cares how we get there, as long as we reach the top…. that’s sc...