Scenario - Bradley Corporation

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Scenario - Bradley Corporation
The Bradley Corporation manufactures packaged food items that are sold around the globe.Baby food is the prominent product line currently produced by the corporation.Many of the customers for these products are located in third world countries where infant nutrition is a serious problem.
Bradley has recently decided to change its internal management structure.New managers for the corporation are now in place; however these new leaders do not appear to have the same value system as the former leaders.The former leaders embraced the idea of product safety and exhibited integrity in the production of the corporation's product lines.While the new managers claim these are important to them also,it seems the bottom line profit has precedent with them.
These changes have created concern in the company.There is strong disapproval for the way the company is conducting its business at the present time.The Board of Directors for Bradley is facing the serious question of whether profit is the only thing that matters now to the corporation.
-There is a distinct difference in the value systems between the original and new managers of the Bradley Corporation.All of the following except which one represents a key issue in ethics education,which if reinforced to the new managers,could strengthen their current value systems?

• A) Reinforcement of corporate governance
• B) Reinforcement of ethical decision-making
• C) Identification of ethical leadership
• D) Recognition for the necessity of vast profits
• E) Fortifying information regarding the responsibility of business in society

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Definitions:

Gestalt Psychology

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Measurable Data

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