When it comes to completing different projects, it is necessary to consider personal and business ethics. The case study under analysis focuses on a governmental project at a nuclear plant, which can be subject to various ethical issues because this technology is harmful and dangerous for the world. Thus, the project can bring both similarities and differences between personal and business ethics, meaning that it is necessary to address them to ensure that the project is completed correctly and on time.
It is reasonable to comment on what differences and similarities business and personal ethics imply. On the one hand, a shared feature is that an individual and an organization are responsible for completing projects on time. Another similarity denotes that people and businesses should ensure that their performance is not harmful to the environment, which represents a global ethical issue (Resnik et al., 2018). On the other hand, a difference refers to the fact that individual beliefs can be ignored to ensure that an organization can meet its goals. As for the scenario under analysis, a project leader is likely to disregard Ebony’s environmentalist beliefs because this employee is valuable for the whole project. In a societal context, Ebony’s autonomy can be limited to monitor this employee’s performance and ensure that the task will be completed.
The paper has demonstrated that the selected scenario implies both similarities and differences in business and personal ethics. Shared features refer to responsibility, while a discrepancy suggests that organizations’ goals are often valued higher compared to people’s. In a global context, businesses should ensure that their performance and that of their employees are not harmful to the environment. However, it is an acceptable practice to disregard individual beliefs in a societal context to ensure that a project can be performed in time.
Reference
Resnik, D. B., MacDougall, D. R., & Smith, E. M. (2018). Ethical dilemmas in protecting susceptible subpopulations from environmental health risks: Liberty, utility, fairness, and accountability for reasonableness. The American Journal of Bioethics, 18(3), 29-41. Web.