Touro University International Essays (603 words) - Axiology, Ethics

Touro University International James L. White ETH 501 Module 1, Session Long Project Dr. Steven J. Gold INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to describe any sense of barriers in women's advancement in my firm or if there have been such barriers in the past. This report will provide the reader with some information about the company I work for and some facts about the barriers women have been through. By discussing these topics I hope to offer some knowledge about my organization. I will conclude this report with a brief summary of the entire analysis, highlighting some of the most significant parts that the report contains. BARRIERS In an article entitled Amazing Women in As you can recall; I am in the military and we train and mentor Health Service Management Apprentice. My job involves training medical terminology, military medical readiness, aero medical evacuation, medical health records, and patient eligibility, Health Insurance Portability Act, Safety and customer service. I have been involved with this organization for 9 years. MORAL PROBLEM A moral problem that I believe is a huge issue in my organization is that of dress code. My boss wants us to wear our uniform in a certain way which forces personnel to come out of their own pocket to buy additional clothing items and spend extra time every day ensuring our boots have a certain shine on them. We have a guideline on how our uniforms and boots should look, but he wants the extra effort. This is not a decision that has give employees the greatest human happiness. Now if he had done a cost analysis he would have seen that the money spent on the extra items was more than employees wanted to spend. And he did not take into fact that everyone's happiness is important. I think that this would violate a persons contractual right. In our work publications it explains that we will be given a clothing allowance to buy our uniform items and it also tells us how those items will be maintained. So for him to change that and say " this is the way you will be dressed each day violates that contract". Now I know it is different in the military we give up a lot of our freedom to give freedom to others and we must accept that, but that does not take away form all our rights. That's why we still enter into a contract when we join. Now for me it is not a big deal because I believe I go above a beyond any way, but I would not force an issue that truly brings down the moral of the organization. CONCLUSION I believe the morals of my organization are lead by the decisions that are made in the organization. We have things like the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which tells us exactly what things we can do, legal wise. For example, if you disrespect top management the UCMJ provides you a guideline for punishment for that individual. We also have our Core Values (Service Before Self, Excellence in all we do, and Integrity First), which provides us with the values and morals the military expects us to have. And publications that tell us how to do our jobs, wear our uniforms and much more. These items help to ensure our success within our organizational culture. We have military members with high values, a willingness to do the job, and the motivation to work their way up the management ladder. I think the decisions that are made within the company should ensure that they help us get the job done and also create a happy work environment within the company. Some decisions made are made to improve the company, but this particular problem was a issue that he did not like. It mostly benefited him not the employees.