Luke s Ethical Dilemma Of A Adult Entertainment Retail...

FACTS Luke has been asked to work on a project that involves developing land recently bought by ABC to build an adult entertainment retail store. According to the plan, Luke’s brother, Owen, whom he is very close to, lives in the neighborhood that the adult entertainment retail store plan will be built. Luke knows that as soon as the plans for the store become public, the property value of the homes in Owen’s neighborhood are expected to decrease significantly. Luke is concerned about his confidentiality obligations to the company. Owen has openly expressed to Luke that he has thought about putting his home on the market for sale; this is concerning for Luke. He knows that Owen has received and acceptable offer for his home already, but wonders if the market for real estate in the area will increase in the next few years. ISSUE Luke’s ethical dilemma is clear: The conflict that Luke faces is between disclosing confidential information about his company to his brother and being 100% and/or remaining loyal to his close family member. Luke is faced with the dilemma of choosing whether or not he should disclose workplace sensitive information about project plans of ABC. In conjunction with such, Luke must also decide if he should revile insider information, against company obligation policy, that the in expectation of the property value in the area is expected to go down drastically to his brother Owen. ANALYSIS-APPLICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES Utilitarianism One methodShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesand permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturersRead More_x000C_Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis355457 Words   |  1422 Pagesand Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Used herein under license. Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933904 Student Edition: ISBN-13: 978-0-495-11873-2 ISBN-10: 0-495-11873-7 ââ€"   To my nephews, Jesse and Luke Smidt, who bet I wouldn’t put their names in this book. R. P. ââ€"   To my wife, Sally, and my daughter, Anna C. O. ââ€"   To Carol, Allie, and Teri. J. D. ââ€"   About the Authors puter Teacher of the Year award in 1988 and received the Siemens