Expectancy Theory and Transparency in Management

Ethical Dilemmas
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The workers have a right to unionize; however, the boss wants to do everything possible to divert people away from the union because the union will drive up costs for company. The ethical issue is that the boss wants to undermine the union’s influence by firing union leaders, hosting events that pull people away from union meetings, and offering promises to workers that it likely won’t keep.
The basic arguments for taking extreme measures to fight unionization efforts are rooted in ethical egoism, which posits that the ends justify the means (Holmes, 2007): the ends here being to keep costs low. This is put in terms the workers can understand by saying that if they want to keep their jobs they better not unionize—otherwise jobs will be sent overseas to defray costs. The argument against taking extreme measures to fight unionization efforts is that workers should be able to decide free of intimidation or external pressure which way to vote.
Most managers would likely try to do as they are told and make an effort to undermine the posh for unionization because it makes sense in terms of keeping jobs. The costs of doing business are going to go up if the union vote goes through, so the manager has to do what he can to stop that. Most managers are going to operate out of thee good intention of wanting to keep jobs, and so from a cost-benefit perspective they can see that they should quell the union.
Keeping a Christian perspective in mind, I would explain using argument and reason why workers should not vote to unionize. This would be the most transparent and honest approach. Simply state that unions drive costs up and that if costs go up, jobs are going to be sent overseas. Let the workers decide what they think is best.
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Expectancy theory explains that people are motivated because they expect certain outcomes in return for their performance. They believe that if they do x, y and z they will achieve a, b and c. Their expectations are what motivate them, but if expectations are not met, they will not be motivated next time to act in the same manner.
My strengths correlate with this theory in the sense that I am able to explain the rationale for things fairly well, so I can tell people who might be expectancy x that what they are really going to get is z. Hopefully in doing so I could build a bridge of trust so that we could develop a relationship in which a dialogue is constructed and proper expectations developed that are realistic and feasible.
This theory does adequately describe how I am motivated because I do things with expectations of an outcome; I rarely act without anticipating at least some sort of outcome, even if I do not know what that outcome might be. Expectations are really what drive people to act ultimately because they are looking forward to the reaction that follows every action.
Things that motivate me based on my strengths finder results are the pursuit of knowledge; I love to read and study because I expect that I will come to deeper understanding and great wisdom with respect to the subject I am looking into. The more I look up a subject and learn about it, the happier I feel because it means I have a better sense of it. If the expectation of learning is not met, I will drop a subject or an approach to as subject and try something else or go about investigating that subject in a different way.
References
Holmes, A. (2007). Ethics: Approaching moral decisions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.