CASE STUDY

Case Study: Ethics Involved in the Business

Case Study: Ethics Involved in the Business

Introduction

It is a case study related to the non-professional approach of Tom, who works for a small firm specializing in the textile print designs. The firm gets an order of designing a sweatshirt for the young females. Tom is given a brief on this task, and he is supposed to propose the design to be printed on the shirts. He keeps on trying to make the designs, but he is also involved in other projects as well. This makes him less efficient, and his designs are not appropriate to be printed on the shirts. Neither he is satisfied nor are his managers happy with his work. However, when the deadline approaches he uses the design of a privately working fashion designer with some modifications. The ironic aspect of this act is that he has not considered the copyrighted rules and in fact has violated them. Even the company management is not aware of his misdeed, which becomes another major concern for his position in the company, and the company's position in the market.

Discussion

It is the case of a privately running textile company, and every company involves a number of stakeholders with it. Stakeholders are the people involved in the business in any way. Anyone who has effects on the organization or can be affected by the organization is actually the stakeholder of the organization. The organization can affect the person in terms of the strategy or the project related aspects. These stakeholders can be at senior or junior levels either internally or externally associated to the organization. These stakeholders are the real power of the organizations in its way of success (www.stakeholdermap.com).

Stakeholders Involved

In this case, the stakeholders are the company that has a post an order to the firm to be projected and delivered the company's management that is observing and managing the work and projects, especially the designing of the shirt, and the employee 'Tom' who is on the task to propose the design. The customers of the shirts also become part of the stakeholders after the selling of the shirts in the supermarket.

Effects on the stakeholders

The fraudulent act of Tom has devastating effects on all the stakeholders of the company. Tom has misused the private property of a person, which is totally in refusal of the laws of copyright. With this irresponsible act, he has left the company in the state of severe risks. If his job requirement is concerned, he has fulfilled his duty by submitting his piece of work in time. For this purpose, he has betrayed his management, who has relied on him regarding the follow up of the copyrighted rules and did not even bother to ask him about the details.

This is going to affect all the stakeholders of the company severely. If the girl, whose picture has been printed on the shirts without her permission, will take a stand against the company's, then the company's reputation in the ...