thinking critically about ethics (p.285) ch 12 章 1-1 組 9832003 黃偉杰 9832033 劉軒彣

Thinking critically about ethics (p.285)

Ch 12 章 1-1 組

9832003 黃偉杰9832033 劉軒彣

Homework Outline

•Dilemma Identifying

•Stakeholders considering

•Alternatives analyzing and consequences

•Wrap up & Case sharing

Dilemma Identifying

The stress management programs are

provided by one fifth of the companies now,

but few of their employees would like to take

participate in any of them.

• Why the does phenomenon exist? How to solve

the problem?

• Do organizations have an ethical responsibility

to help their employees deal with the stress?

Stakeholders ConsideringReason Description

Potential Danger

Stigmashameful and showing one’s weakness

losing confidence

organization culture

making employees to hide their stress and considering it not a big deal

being looked down

privacy afraid of being known becoming gossip

misunderstanding

linking stress to personal characters and defects

being seen or treated differently

weak social relationship

difficult to ask help from the others

making his or her social situation worse

Alternatives Analyzing and consequences

dealing with stigma(1/2)

•Solution 1 : organizing a “Support Group”

Instead of talking to the councilor alone,

support group can gather the employees with

the same problem that makes them feel

comfortable to face the problem.


dealing with stigma(2/2)

•Solution 2: asking the employees to have a

“Annual Training” with the councilor

Companies ask all the employees taking the

annual training that talking about stress

management or time management. This can

force them learn some methods to deal with

their stress.


deal with organization culture(1/2)

•Solution 1: constructing a “New Culture”

Build a company culture that the group

members will take care of each others and

they will willing listening to each other if he

or she has some problem on work.


deal with organization culture(2/2)

•Solution 2:change “Working environment”

Make the working environment with not so

much stress and energetic. The company can

plant some plants in the office or paint the

wall with the warm and bright color.


deal with privacy(1/2)

•Solution 1: making a “Privacy discipline”

Companies make promise to the employee

that his coworkers won’t know his problem

on stress and promise him that it won’t pose

threat to his job now.


deal with privacy(2/2)

•Solution 2: “Outsources” the stress

management program

The employee don’t have to meet the

councilor in the company which could offer

higher privacy protection.


deal with misunderstanding

•Solution 1: “Education” Through education, tell the employee that

stress problem is not directly relating to their

personal characters and defects. It will be

better that there is a big one such a manager

from a department to share his or her

experiences in dealing with the stress.


deal with weak social relationship

•Solution 1: “Form clubs” in the company

People with same interest are easy to get

along each other and develop the

relationship. Take the badminton club for

example. They can exercise together and

release their stress by doing sport.

Wrap Up & Case Studying

•Companies have the responsibility to help

their employees

•Case Study: Wan Hai Lines LTD.

—Annual Training

—Form clubs

Case Studying

•Case Study: TSMC

— Support Group

—Annual Training

—New Culture

thinking critically about ethics (p.285) ch 12 章 1-1 組 9832003 黃偉杰 9832033 劉軒彣

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