HOME WORK #01

Prepared for:
Tasnim Hasan Saara (TAS)
Lecturer
North South University

Prepared by:
Munshi Neemal Ehsan
ID#1210066030
PHI401.16

What is the right things to do in this situation form an ethical point of view? What ethical theory
supports your position?
The primary phase during undertaking any moral choice procedure is really perceiving that there
is an ethical issue. The fact that the decision to be taken is going to have a significant effect on the
employees, and that is quite relevant to both parties suggests, that the decision is ethical in nature.
The right thing to do would be to express the concerns regarding the contractors on tge contrary to
the full time employee issue with the management team as a whole, including the CEO and the
director so that everyone is aware of the situation at hand. The civil engineer should express that,
not only are the full time employees quite competent but are also very enthusiastic to carry out all
required tasks.
To support this argument is the consequentialist theory of Utilitarianism where an action is
morally right if it results in the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people affected
by the action (Crane and Matten, 2010). Not only will the full time employees be motivated and
inspired by being given the more challenging tasks but also, it would conserve the companys
funds from being spent on outsourcing contractors.
If you were the Civil engineer, what would you actually do? Is your response to this question
different to your response to above question? If so, why?
A lot of time and effort went in collecting data and preparing all the required documentations to
present a valid point regarding the contractors; however the Director was aloof and seemed
disinterested in the topic, not even taking the time to personally discuss the issues with the civil
engineer. He practically disregarded of any of the concerns that were put forward.
As the civil engineer has noticed, a lot of important decisions are often made while the Director of
Public Works, the Human Resources Manager and the CEO are out to lunch together. In this
situation, the best approach would have been to hold a meeting with the entire management team
and then openly discuss the pros and cons of using the full time employees over the contractors.
Here the civil engineer would have had the opportunity to not only to voice the frustrations of the
employees being given the usual boring odd jobs instead of more challenging projects, but also
express the faith that there is in the full time employees skill set.

The civil engineer should strongly campaign for the utilisation of the full time staff. In doing so
the current full time employees are motivated to work harder as they are no longer stuck with the
monotonous tasks and also, the organization is spending less of the companys budget on outside
contractors. These are sufficient factors for the civil engineer to go forward with a good argument.
Going to the entire management team with the proposal, would be more beneficial than expressing
the concerns to only one of the management team as there may be conflicting opinions and would
therefore be undemocratic.