Doctoral Dialogue 5
Purpose
This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:
- Justify recommendations for responding to an ethical dilemma.
- Explain ethical decision-making approaches and value systems.
- Critique ethical decisions and leadership practices.
Synopsis
The synopsis is the same as the one you answered in Doctoral Dialogue 1:
Assume you are a manager in an organization. The organization has a policy stating that employees cannot work overtime unless they receive prior written approval from their supervisor. One Monday morning you see that one of your supervisees has 8 hours of overtime on their time sheet. The employee did not seek the required prior approval, but you know the employee worked the extra hours, because you were also in the office that evening to catch up on some work, as the organization is woefully understaffed. Do you sign the time sheet with the overtime hours that were not approved per policy so the employee will get paid for them or not?
Tasks
- Initial Post. By the due date indicated, address the following in your initial post:
- Explain what you would do in this situation.
- Indicate what, if any, any additional information you would want, or actions you would take before making the decision (and after).
- Recall your choices from Doctoral Dialogue 1. For this Dialogue, your answer should focus on how you would address the dilemma from an organizational or systems perspective.
- You should cite academic and professional resources, including a professional code of ethics relevant for your field or profession, in your answer.
