Business Ethics Timmon's Manufacturing Company employee Don Carmen was used by DeVito Management Consultants as part of a time study in the painting of a new product. That time study will be used to establish the labor time standard for the next 6 months. Don was aware that he was being used in the time study, so he slowed his pace in order to obtain a labor time standard that would be easy to meet.

Don and his coworkers were seemingly benefitted by Don's actions. By slowing down his time, Don established a slow pace that would be easy for him and his coworkers to meet. Therefore, it would seem that they would make more money for less work. However, by reducing production standards, they Don may have made the company less profitable. If the company is less profitable, it might not be able to continue to pay its staff, which could lead to reductions in hours, wages, or workforce. Therefore, an action that seems to have benefitted Don and his coworkers may be detrimental to them.

Timmon's Manufacturing Company was injured...

By establishing a slow labor time standard that would be easy to meet, Don set a production standard that did not maximize employee efforts. Lower production means a lower ability to generate profits, which is harmful to the company. Furthermore, Devito Management Consultants was harmed by Don's actions. They are supposed to be a professional company called in to lend their expertise to their client, Timmon's Manufacturing Company, in order to help maximize profits. By letting Don know that he was being timed, they provided him with the opportunity to, essentially, defraud Timmon's. Therefore, the information that DeVito provided Timmon's would actually harm the business, making it unlikely that they would hire DeVito in the future.
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Don was not ethical in the way he performed the time study test. Christopher Carol put together a list of characteristics that are shared by effective employees. This list includes: reliability, positivity, helpfulness, being able to communicate, being altruistic, and…