Business_Ethics_Reflection

Business Ethics Reflection XMGT\216 March 27, 2011 Axia Collage\ University of Phoenix Business Ethics Reflection Dictionary.com defines business ethics as the study and examination of moral and social responsibility in relation to business practices and decision-making in business. (Dictionary.com 2011) What this means is making the right decisions that might affect not only yourself but also the organization. The business ethics of the organization that I work for is poor at best. When I first started for this organization in 2004 their ethics were good, they looked out for the people that lived here and things got fixed when they needed fixed. Their virtues, values was real good every time we asked for something big that needed fixed, or if we needed a day off, they always said yes or it has to be fixed. After they bought a complex of their own this is when things really started to go downhill. The moral of our supervisor has always been poor, instead of telling us where we need to make improvements, he tells us to make the improvements in more or less as a threat, to quote him “I want these things done or else.” Or as he told me one time “do you like working here'” It has gotten worse over the last two years when he got the title of “General Manager” they have several complex’s they manage, there is one in northern Ohio he has hired and fired a new manager and maintenance person three times now, because they will not do what he wants, and from my understanding they were trying to do what was best for the company. In 2009 our community was hit hard first we lost a mobile home manufacture putting some 300 plus out of work, then we lost one of the biggest shipping companies in southern Ohio, when DHL closed it put thousands of people out of work and a lot of those people lived here they had nowhere left to turn those who did work for DHL started moving out some went with DHL and others could no longer afford to stay. We had 13 vacant units after everyone moved, that’s when myself and the manager got hit hard by our boss somehow everyone moving out was our fault, they cut the managers pay and would no longer spend the money to have anything fixed or would no longer allow time off unless it was necessary. I could not get the manager to see what they were doing by blaming us for this, when we had no control over who moved, we could not force them to stay. I resigned gave my two weeks, and started to work for another company and that fell through, and could not get employment anywhere else I came back to work here. We have always tried to save the company money, when I started they had a company cutting the grass I told them to let me start cutting the grass they agreed, they had plumbers and electricians we got rid of them because I know how to do all these things, now all we have is a heating and air guy, I know very little about this. I try to do the best I can with the very little they let us buy to get things fixed, but I will not lie to the tenants they pay their rent that pays my salary, if I have something major that needs fixed I will let them know it needs fixed if I get a no I let the tenant know and if they have any questions they need to talk to the manager. This situation is still going on today although they have eased up on us a little bit because we have only one vacant open, but we still get the same excuse every time we need something fixed, and that is “we don’t have the money we have taxes to pay” we here this every time. I know you are not supposed to talk bad about the company that you work for, but there is just something wrong, they did not change until they bought that complex. I know it’s not just me the tenants that have lived here for a while have seen it too, the manager is starting to open her eyes after they tried to take away her Christmas vacation away. I don’t know why or what happen to their ethics, but if they do not get it back I have a felling we all are going to be out of a job. Dictionary.com (2011) business ethics definition retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/business+ethics