Overview
Read the case "Responding to a business downturn and The Mike Wallace factors and the common good"
- Answer the following questions based on "Responding to a business downturn":
- When George moved to the four-day workweek scheme, should he have expected his managers to work five days for four days' pay?
- Should George tell anyone except his immediate staff about the impending layoff before the details have been worked out?
- What about the board of directors? The union? The employees?
- Answer the following questions based on "The Mike Wallace factor and the common good":
- Was George's decision to be open about the impending layoff the ethical thing to do? Are there situations in which it is best to try to keep a lid on such information?
- The particular jobs cut at ACI were chosen on the basis of the long-range interests of the business and not on the nationality of the workforce. As the reporter's questions implied, shouldn't American businesses favor American employees over foreign employees? What do you think George said to the TV reporters?