The scenario presented in the case study ought to be considered from an inclusive perspective that takes into consideration of all the interests of the stakeholders. From the Stakeholder Utilitarian Theory, it is advisable that decision making assumes an approach that benefits the majority and disadvantageous the minority. To that extent, it is imperative to appreciate that Valley State Enterprises is justified in its approach by terminating the CSP workers. However, the justification does not necessarily dispense with the ethical issues in question. By isolating a group of disabled persons and thereby terminating their contracts of work, elements of unfairness, inequity and discrimination surface. It is unethical for persons from special classes to be unfairly eliminated from work without providing good reasons for such courses of action. Such a decision even if backed with sound economic reasons, should not work against or in any favor of any class of persons to the disadvantage of the others. In that strain, it is essential that Valley State Enterprises apply a system that restructures the organizational unit without affecting only one class of persons (read the disabled).
The ethical context is premised on the need for equity, justice and non-discrimination in the making of organizational decisions and implementation thereof. In the long run, the organization stands out as ethical only if it shows sensitivity to different factions of society. By applying a system that retains the disabled persons or at least some of these persons, the organization would have come out as being sensitive to their plight and acknowledging the very fact that disability is not inability. The approach it has assumed seen in the decision to terminate the CSP workers’ contract merely perpetuates discrimination and is in that light regrettable.
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Emerson, Robert W. Business Law. New York: Barron's Educational Series, 2009.
Shaw, William H. Business Ethics: A Textbook With Cases. New York: Cengage Learning, 2010.
