Ethical Decision Making - Assignment Example

Teacher Ethical decision making The ethical thing for me to do is to be considerate and reward Richard Addessi long service to the company. His service to the company was cut short not by his choice but by death of which he did not also wish for himself. It was only four months shy of his thirty year tenure with IBM and the most that the company can do to alleviate his grieving family is to give his full benefits of 30 year tenured employee and provide the retirement benefit of $1,800 a month.

This decision however had to be done in the right way. I will inform the President and the Board of the basis of my decision so that such decision will not be questioned in the implementation that could aggrieved the family of Richard Adessi further.Such decision will be more beneficial for the company in the long run. Such decision will surely be known among employees and will also boost the morale of the employees in the company by witnessing how considerate IBM in taking care of its employees.

This will result in higher retention and lower turnover. Employee satisfaction could also rise leading to higher productivity among employees. The difference in cost could easily be defrayed by the advantage and benefits that IBM will reap by having happy and satisfied employees.One does not have to be technical in rules to be ethical but has to consider the whole picture as well as the implication of the decision to come up with an ethical decision which in this case is to be considerate with Richard Agassi who died four months shy of his 30th anniversary with the company.