Ethical Dilemmas in Business Corporations - How are they

The Situation is – [Lying in Business]

Issue - 1 In a Business context, is it ever ok to lie? If yes, what are those situations? Why is it okay to lie in these situations?

Yes, I think it is okay to lie.

Sometimes there is some situations in which lying are acceptable according to me. Suppose company’s employees and labors are agitating for their demands from the organization. Then some ---------- is making the situation worse with the help of political holds. Employees and labors are not attending to their works. As a result company is missing their important orders and falling in great losses.

In these situations it is okay to lie for controlling the current worse situations.

Issue - 2 A recent surveys revealed that 24 percent of managers said they have fired someone for lying. Do you think it’s fair to fire an employee who lies, no matter what the nature of the lie? Explain.

I think it is quiet unfair to fire an employee who lies not considering the nature of lying.

Sometimes any employee takes the shelter of lies to cover their faults.  Sometimes it may be very serious or not. The manager should consider the matter of his/her lying. Then if the cause is very severe only then a manager should fire an employee. Otherwise, if the matter is not much worrying then the employee must be forgiven by the manager as well as the organization.                                                               

Issue - 3 In business, is withholding information for your own advantage the same as lying? Why or why not?

Yes, withholding information for own advantage is the same as lying.

I think it is one kind of piracy with the organization. Suppose, an employee knows very significant information which are closely related to other employees of the organization. But he is refusing to share this information with the officials because; if there is any good opportunity he is trying to take it alone. Being an employee of the organization he is not performing his duty properly. By hiding the information he is lying with the organization.

Issue - 4 In a business context, if someone has something to gain by lying, what percentage of people, do you think, would lie?

I think as a human being people have tendency of lying to gain something.

This matter of lying to gain something will depend on some matters. It basically depends on the flow of corruption in the organization. It can be varied on the basis of cultural condition. Public and private organizations have different culture.

In the context of many developing, in most of the public organizations people have the tendency of lying to gain something. It can be either bribe or promotion. But in private organization because of strong law and cultural condition people are not much attempted to lie.