CASE STUDY

Case Study



Case Study

Case Background

The case discussed is a vital case in which a business management student named Safia from the University of Middlesex has recently graduated and acquired a job in a Law firm. In just a few days at her job, she has shown remarkable performance and has established herself as a valuable employee of the firm. Now her career takes a turn when a partner named Mr. Jamal in the firm for which Safia works has directed her to organize an event which the firm organizes every year to recognize its corporate clients. She has been directed to plan and organize a party which will host approximately 200 guests. Furthermore she is now supposed to follow her firm's guidelines, which is to get quotes from four different caterers and select the one which offers the best price and value for money. As Safia is wholly responsible to carry out this task, she selects one of her friend Meera among the list of four caterers from which one who offers the best value for money will be selected.

Meera who have recently taken over from her father due to his deteriorating health is new to the catering business but the reason Safia has considered adding her friend to the list is that the large contract will be a boost for her friend's business. Now, the quotes received from all the four caterers are not identical in rates and Meera's quote is not a value for money. Safia once again asks her friend to revise her quote so that she could give to catering order to her firm to favour her.

Case Analysis

In this particular case, Safia has breached the business ethics by favouring her friend. Giving favours in business is ethically and morally incorrect and can hurt any business. There are numerous business theories and research that describes the ways to conduct a business in successful way while maintaining the moral and ethical values as well.

Duty Ethics

Ethics is the ideal human conduct, because the evolution of its principles was given along with the evolutionary process of humanity, and guides the human being about what is good and right and it should take, guiding your life in relation to their similar for the common good. The ethics of our society and business ethics are inseparable, at times indistinguishable. Our daily concerns with efficiency, competitiveness and profitability cannot do without ethical behaviour.

Ethics advices to do what is correct and to appreciate the laws of ethics, Ethics at work not only lead us towards what is right and the correct decision as well as towards the process of correct and responsible decision making. The adoption of ethical principles and behavioural reflects the type of organization to which we belong and the type of person we are. Our respect for individual differences and growing concern with social responsibility, where we insert the security issues, the environment and health of our everyday business management, reflect relationships with its employees and to ...