We learnt that in order for a business to be successful, they must take into account the well-being of their employees, not solely profit.
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yuri0104
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yuri0104
We learnt that in order for a business to be successful, they must take into account the well-being of their employees, not solely profit.
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yuri0104
We learnt that in order for a business to be successful, they must take into account the well-being of their employees, not solely profit.
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Xu Yueting
It is not fair for every students if only using equations to test their talent.
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Fangxian Guan
I think this is not solely an ethic problem. It is also important for employees to consider the position of the CEO and that of the company.
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pialim
I don’t think people can be trained to be ethical, only shown the benefits of being so.
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yuri0104
We learnt that in order for a business to be successful, they must take into account the well-being of their employees, not solely profit.
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victoriayang
The article makes “heartless” firing of employees sound bad, but sometimes it is necessary to continue to provide jobs for other workers.
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Xinyue (angela) Li
it’s important to train students to be ethical. They should be trained to care for other people and make our society better.
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Taylor Tam
It’s easy to be narrowminded when using an equation, because all you want to do is solve for “x”.
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hangbinlim
People have different talents. It is wrong to simply decide a person’s true potential by algerbra.
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Megan Chan
They equation is flawed becuase it does not account for the quality of the employees.
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Karlyn Evans
When we put names to numbers, we recognize the effect of our actions. This removes the objectivity of scientific method in business.
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Krista Wilson
Ethical tools should be taught from the start within the companies or school. Look at all the factors don;t relate someone to a number
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Aarun Sandhu
basically manager makes decisions based on just formulas and equations, it is easier to lay off workers compared to looking at each person
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Megan Barnabe
It’s important to know how your decisions affect the community around you. You need to think of your employees as people and not numbers.
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Maddie Ladner
Students didn’t acknowledge the fact that these are working people, they only viewed them as numbers. There are consequences to downsizing.
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Peter Chen
Teaching ethics is difficult, but the important thing to do in business school is raise the ethical awareness involved in management
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jpawer
we came up with the fact that its important business students learn how to view people as individuals not just as a potential way to profit
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Chloe Hoy
When given an equation, we tend to be more narrow-minded in solving (only thinking about it scientifically rather than critically).
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Karina Chadijah
I think it all depends on the business’ aim. If their aim is profit-maximation, then it’s okay to lay off several employees regardless
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alexischow
When people are simply looking at an equation or statistics, it’s easy to forget that the individual numbers are actual living people too.
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valendinadebonis
Put yourself in their shoes and see if laying off all those people is the best option. Don’t always think about the money.
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Clarisa Madilao
There’s the social misconception that companies prioritize profit. It’s upsetting to see how employees are viewed as dispensable resources.
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Riley Guttman
If you take the effort to keep as many people as possible, I believe the remaining employees will be more loyal and productive.
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Paul
Harman and I agree with the findings, it is much easier to lay off employees when you just look at them as numbers rather than people.
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Nicholas Everett
With bottom line so prevalent in basic fundamental goals of a firm, becomes difficult to give a second dimension of thought – ethical side.
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Jennie Yan
This article shows the different ways in which companies lay off employees; whether they choose to look as them as numbers or individuals.
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jennieyan
This shows how maximizing profits via mathematical functions may not be ethical.
Group: Alan Zhu, Alex Wou, Alan Huang
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jennieyan
Alan Huang = Yu Lin Huang
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Rachel Lee
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Xu Yueting
My family does not have a hybrid car because it’s expensive and not safe enough,
pialim 3:59 pm on September 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
But how would you quantify the “quality” of employees?
meganchan 4:01 pm on September 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
those who are more efficient and affective at their job are generally valued more than those who are not, therefore higher quality