Freeman brings up the point that, “For any business to be successful, it has to create value for costumers, suppliers…and financiers…the people with the money.” For B.C teachers the people with the money is the government and as it stands they are viewing the BCTF in isolation, instead of having their interests go together.

The job of the government (“manager”) “…is to figure out how the interests of customers (families)..and employees (teachers) go in the same direction.” Having lost two major court cases ordering for smaller class sizes and for new, more advanced technology and teaching aids, the government has a big bill of Lawyers fees to pay. It is unethical of the government to hold the teachers out, if they, the winners of these cases do not want to pay. The few propositions brought forward by the government argues that they will give the pay the teachers want, and that they will give the benefits but will not pay for its losses in the supreme court. Is this ethical?

By not providing Public Education to the youth of British Columbia, the government has yet broken another law, and for this the teachers have to suffer. This system we have now is more like “a business in decline,” where neither side is considerate of the shareholders and third parties affected by them. To add insult to injury the government is making it so that its employees do not want to be there. This unethical step is pushing teachers to leave their jobs to work in other sectors. Violating the communities of BC by breaking the law, the government has moved from its roots as an ethical body to an unethical “manager,” which is pushing all of its stakeholders out.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/striking-bc-teachers-vote-for-binding-arbitration-with-provincial-government/article20528238/