What Is The Morally Right Thing To Do In The Case?

Morals norms and values

1.What is the morally right thing to do in the case and why do you think it is right, given your moral world view?  

2.What moral norms or values would voice, and how do they flow from your world view?

3.How would you enact these norms and values given the circumstances set out in the case.

4.Identify the emotional, cognitive, cultural, political, and institutional “enablers” and “disablers” that would likely influence your ability to voice your moral values, in the circumstances described in the case.

Robert is in a state of dilemma, simply because he found it difficult to lose all what the community depended on. The mill has been his source of living for a long period of time, and the community has benefited largely from it. Therefore, Robert should be willing to face smith despite the challenges. Though it is rumored that smith does not take any foolish issues lightly, at least Robert has a point in this case, and must tell his heart out to smith (Goetsch, & Davis, 2014 NP). Leaving the town without what they depended on for employment is like killing the town. Shifting from this town to the place of work will mean that Robert is totally concerned about himself and his wife, without considering the interest, and the welfare of the other people in the town.

1.Robert should be willing to face smith, no matter the consequences, not considering whether to lose his job or not. In addition, losing this job does not mean that he will remain unemployed for the rest of his life. Being the head of the leading company in the town, he has demand and so he cannot lack a well paying job in any town. He should therefore be willing to work with his people no matter the challenges (Demuijnck, 2015, PG 820). The voice of the people should be considered most, since they contribute to the operation and efficiency of the mill. Though smith is a head, he should know that Robert has made it to this far, and should therefore be willing to listen to him, even when he has nothing to say. Given my worldview I think this is the right thing to do because, Despite being a no-nonsense man, smith should know that he is still dealing with people, and there are better people than him (Greenwood, 2016 PG 510). Not unless he is the owner of the mills, the managers have the power to choose what to do with the mill. This is because the mill is doing well in its position, and no losses are being incurred. Therefore, there is need to close up the mill. It has advantages to the society and it benefits the society at large. Since has not been reported any form of crime like corruption, theft and fraud issues or bigger and serious issue like incurred losses, there is no good reason for the closure of the mill. Though Robert is on the right track, he should gather the courage to face smithy, despite the consequences He might lose his job, but he will have lost it while trying to fight for the rights of the people. (Congress, 2017 PG 1909).  Leaving the matter in the hands of smith will be a sign of greed and selfishness. Therefore, as a master, and a committed servant of the people, Robert should not beat around the bush on the issue. He should be open and straight to the point. Being transparent, means that one is serving the people willingly. Robert knows that working with the people well means meeting their needs and satisfying their demands. He should therefore be on the side of the people, much compared to being close to smith. In addition, smith is still human. He still understands the mess he will cause to the people of the north, after closing the mill. I think he is still not sure of what he is saying. He must be rethinking of the matter before Roberts gets to him with the resolutions. 

Enacting moral norms and values

2.Several moral norms and values would voice in this case. First, the norm of beneficence is the fore most norms that will be considered. Considering the purpose of any mill in the town, it is to make profit. However, the mill cannot operate without the cooperation of the society. Therefore, the society and the mill are benefiting from one another (Frederickson & Ghere 2014, NP). It is therefore two -way traffic since the mill will depend on the community to develop. The community will therefore depend on the mill for jobs. This shows that the mill will be of great importance in the community. Therefore, Robert should have a strong stand and make sure that the mill does not get closed up. Secondly, governance should be considered in this case. Since Robert has always been the head, it will definitely go without saying that smith will want to hear from him. He is the source of success, a leader, and above all, the choice and pride of the people. He can be termed as the CEO, and given the opportunity; smith would be second, after Robert. Therefore, Robert should gather courage, and face smith. No matter what he says, he must be sure that he will get support from other managers. The voice of the people matters in an organization. Smith cannot move alone. Though it will not work as he planned, he will make up his mind. And if he will be convinced, then it means that Robert will have the courage and hope to bring much on the table for discussion. Mill may be frustrated by Robert’s suggestions however; he cannot get over them since a door is always open for suggestions. In this case, we are not saying that Robert does not want the mill in the north to be closed. But he wants to at least ensure that the people in the town know about the issue, and at least are prepared top face the tough moments in the future. Robert is right in his thought. However, mill still knows that the residents still needed to be alerted, but he did not suggest that anyone does that. Robert will still face a tough moment before he convinces mill on his thought. 

3.Basing in the importance of giving back to the community, beneficence will be enacted in the following ways. First, Robert will have to convince smith that he cannot do without the cooperation of the community (Ferrell, & Fraedrich, 2015 NP). The community has a right to claim for what they need. Therefore, smith should consider the loss he will cause to the community, after closing up the northern bread mill. It will be sad to lose what the community has always depended on, for survival. Smith should also consider the loss he is going to get after closing up the northern mill. Though he will shift Robert to another position, it will not be as effective as the northern mill was (Trevino & Nelson, 2011 NP). This is because, it depends with the willingness of the society and what attracts them in the organization. This contributes to the measure of the benefit between the firm and the costumers. In our case, the mill and the society are one, and therefore separating the two means that the two will lose (Schumann, 200 NP).  Secondly, governance means that there is a power that stands between the two that is the society and the mill. In this case, the power is smith. Though smith is the head, there is another man who fuels the motion of the mill leading to its effectiveness. This is Robert. He knows the strengths and weaknesses of the mill, and is the therefore the driver. Smith should willingly listen to Robert (Shapiro & Stefkovich, 2016 NP).

Enablers and disablers

4.These include losses pity, poverty, influence,  stress, low driving power, lose of self esteem, low income, less profits, increased crimes, low job opportunities, lose of trust, wasted skill, lose of esteemed workers, money wastage, incurred expenses and  lose of trained workers (Weiss, 2014 NP). These enablers and disablers will automatically work to the advantage and disadvantage of the above moral norms and values, considering the argument in the case. Since every decision must have consequences, there are always positive and negative consequences which automatically affect the institution and the society (Gasparyan, Yessirkepov, Diyanova & Kitas, and 2015 PG 1012). These enablers and disablers will automatically make me voice my moral values since they have adverse effect to the institution and the society at large. However, the society will be affected largely compared to the institution itself. However, these enablers and disablers will automatically affect the two, since there are many losses than gains. The northern mill worked to the advantage of the society, and its increase technology must have transformed the town. This therefore means that its closure will lead to decreased technology in the town, as well as wastage of skill since the employees were trained. There will be wasted resource, and brain drain may occur since people who work in the mill have skill (Wang, & Calvano, 2015 PG 600). They will not trust any other mill in the city, and may opt to try their lack in outside world. In addition, they will turn against Robert, since they expected to hear from him prior to the closure of the mill. They trust in him so much that they do not expect something horrible like losing their jobs without notice to happen. Robert therefore needs t strategize and come up with a better convincing power and suggestions to try to make smith understand that closing the mill without prior notice which is timely will make people lose trust in him and his industries.  Though I support the decision of Robert, some issues brought in the table before smith may be automatically ignored since smith is the final decision maker in the bread mills. 

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