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From practicing this ethics games, now I know that the primary issue is to figure out how to conduct business competitively on an international scale while staying within all countries’ expectations of accepted and legal business practices. In ethical decision making, we call people who may be affected by your decision stakeholders. Being intelligent and reasonable, I have to consider the people involved in the dilemma and determine who'll be affected by my decision. By expanding circle of concern and consideration will allow me to make my decision intelligently, as I'll have a greater understanding of the potential consequences. Stakeholders can be divided into primary and secondary groups. Primary stakeholders are those who are directly involved in this situation, directly affected by the decision or having interests that should be protected. Secondary stakeholders are those who are so far removed from the situation that I don't have to worry about them, delegating responsibility to others or are interested observers but don't have any real involvement in the situation

Regarding the ethical duty owing the stakeholders, it can be divided into four aspects. First is duty to follow all legal and ethical company policies and government regulations. When we accept employment with a firm, we enter into a contract to comply with company policies and any applicable government regulations. However, we do not give up our freedom of conscience or of speech. Thus, our duty is only to follow those policies which are legal and ethical. In some cases the ethical dilemma actually arises when we have a duty not to follow illegal or unethical company policies. Second is to advise colleagues and superiors of information or actions which would adversely impact their career. The Rights/Responsibilities Lens assumes that each of us is responsible for our own actions. However, if some behaves in such a way that their career is jeopardized, as a friend we might choose to offer guidance. Third is duty to develop and sustain new markets for the company’s products. We have an obligation to perform the core competencies of our job description. One of responsibilities as Product Manager is developing and sustaining markets. Therefore, this is an example of a perfect duty: you explicitly agreed to this obligation when you accepted the job of Product Manager. Forth is duty to advise other Product Managers of the disappearance of partial shipments so that they can also take note. In fact, this could be part of investigation as to whether the problem with your shipments is more widespread. However, perfect/principal duties come first.
How much will each stakeholder be affected by our decision? Now we have to split it into three levels of low, medium and high. The high impact will be for Cary Bryant, who is the general counsel as the company’s representative in any proceedings involving the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, plus Chinese law enforcement authorities. His expertise is necessary to guide the company into a safe legal harbor; if he gives bad legal advice, he will bear the legal liability. It is also applied to Zhou Chen that his career may be on the line, depending on the action the company decides to take. At this point in the process, he is also not even aware that he is involved in a dilemma which could have significant ramifications for his future. In the medium level of the shareholders, the owners of the company are always impacted by company decisions. Losses of product, withdrawal from a market and potential lawsuits all have the ability to impact the value of their investment. When it comes to Chief Executive Officer of Carson Nelson, he will be impacted to the degree that he has to make sure that an investigation is completed with integrity and that the products put into the marketplace are safe. His fortunes rise and fall with the success of G-BioSport. Other people have more stake in this matter than he does. For the low impact of Product Manager, I am deeply acquainted with the relevant details. However, I, as well as the CEO, will reply on the General Counsel’s advice and expertise. Your career will probably not be at stake no matter what decisions is made. But for current and future customers, although they will bear the ultimate impact of whatever decision is made, this impact will be relatively small as G-BioSport is a single provider in a growing market.

In conclusion, one way of evaluating ethical maturity focuses on the ethical content, the principles and values we use to make our decision. In the final analysis, ethical maturity is defined by the reasons and strategies we use to maintain social balance between ourselves and others, both individuals and the community.