Ethics Essay: Expidiency

Answer each set of questions in one to two paragraphs. Express your answers in your own words: avoid quoting from the texts.
1. What does Katz mean by “expediency”? How does the 1942 memo cited at the opening of the text exemplify this idea of expediency? What are some other examples of expediency taken too far that Katz mentions?
2. How did Alan think of himself in the workplace? How did his coworkers think of him? What relationship does Wardle see between Alan’s practices as a communicator and his failure to thrive on the job?
Questions 3 and 4. Choose two of the ethical dilemmas below and write (in paragraph form, not bullet points):
What are the relevant ethical concepts and principles from the assigned reading by Markel and Selber? (For example: rights, justice, obligations to your employer, copyright law, etc.)
Why are those concepts and principles relevant in this case?
What would you do and why?
Here are the two ethical dilemmas I chose below:
Option B:
It is late April, and you need a summer job. On your town’s news website, you see an ad for a potential job. The only problem is that the ad specifically mentions that the job is “a continuing, full-time position.” You know that you will be returning to college in the fall. Is it ethical for you to apply for the job without mentioning this fact? Why or why not? If you believe it is unethical to withhold that information, is there any ethical way you can apply?
Option C:
Your company has been taking shortcuts with quality control, resulting in the manufacture of food products that barely meet health and safety requirements. You create anonymous accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and you post evidence of the quality control issues on the accounts, tagging the corporate accounts. Was your action right?