BUSN 70 Lecture Notes - Lecture 48: Whistleblower, Tiki Barber, Dementia
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Ethical decisions in organizations are influenced by three key factors: Retired nfl player tiki barber was one of 2,000 players who sued the nfl for knowledge about head injuries. The ethical issue here is whether the nfl hid information that linked head injuries to subsequent damages such as memory loss, permanent head trauma and dementia. Plagiarism = taking someone else"s work and presenting it as your own without mention the source, is another ethical issue. Give full disclosure of potential harm by a product. Avoid undue pressure forcing others to act unethically. General motors issued a recall on its 2005-2007 chevrolet cobalt. Not until at least 6 deaths were attributed to cobalt car accidents where the airbags did not deploy due to switch failure. Allegedly gm engineers knew of the problem as early as 2004, but no recall was issued. A congressional hearing was ordered to investigate the situation. Before testifying gm recalled 1. 5 million more vehicles.