3.2 Discussion: Borland Case Final Response

Borland Case and the Ethical Issues:

When looking at the Borland case, it can be pointed out that it is similar to the moves that have been made by Phillipe Kahn. Kahn has, in the case study, faces hard times from grassroots. He gets to come up with better software products that are more competitive. The key aim of Kahn was to overpower some of the companies, such as Microsoft and got to build a company with two rooms, and he had no investments. The case, in this case, has related more with the various unethical levels. Many people, in this case, have considered the CEO of the company to be unethical. Khan has considered to come up with better techniques in the manner that he git to trick the bytes magazine concerning his company. The idea that khan had before was for the magazine to reach a wider audience, but it was costly for him. When he had an opportunity of launching the quarto pro program, he came up with the lotus development proportion, but the company was sued for infringement rights. When different allegations and appeals were raised, the united states was not able to bind the issues.

Levels of ethical issues:

There are different societal issues, including stakeholder issues and personal issues. The four different levels of ethical issues for the case study include:

One of the key issues is the stakeholder issues, which has been highlighted in Borland company as khan has come up with deceitful techniques so has, he was able to promote the magazine. The technique that was used was later beneficial for the company and the investors. Khan was able to disregard various copyrights, which were able to determine the future of the company.

We also have got different societal issues that relate to the world. The case shows a lack of sense and influence. Khan was able to enjoy the services from the magazine company even though the business was not generating enough income.

The case study also shows internal policy whereby khan was not able to trust some o the workers because the work was not complicated. The CEO of the company was to come up with empty calling and messaging to convince various clients. But it was more effective for the company as the CEO was able to win the lottery. We also have different personal issues that show how employees were able to relate to each other. Gary Wetzel was able to replace khan.

Khan's actions:

The actions by khan in the case study were tricky and deceitful for the business. Lotus was accused of software development, where he stated that his position did not focus on future software development, and the innovation was supported by the allegations. The target market, in this case, was fruitful to the target market.

Ethics in khan's decisions:

The actions performed by khan were unethical even though they resulted in positive results. He came up with an exploitative trick that was able to bring the company into a reality. He was able to trick the magazine successfully.

Personal fudge factor:

When looking at the personal fudge factor, it will get to limit people in the sense that they will not feel okay after cheating. The actions, in this case, will depend on the expected time. Actions that were portrayed by khan were not able to violate the personal fudge factor. His tricks were key and were creative enough to active his objectives for the company deposited having limited resources.

Personal actions:

The interests of khan have been more effective for the company and have helped the company to come up with the right resources. The key aim was to come up with the right assets and also invest in the magazine. It was also a way of eliminating the tricks he used on employees. The key thing is to go for something that is more moderate that will help promote the company before coming up with more capital.

My Reply:

After carefully reviewing Lalith Varma Rudraraju's opinion on Borland's case, it's clear that our views are contrary to each other. Contradictory, especially while describing levels of Ethical issues in particular to Stakeholder issues & Internal policy issues. I referred to these ethical issues as how Mr. Kahn has made profits by selling the software & by hiring extra employees to scurry around the office. Whereas lalith feels broken trust within the employees, I don't recall as damaged employees' trust anywhere in Borland's case. Also, Lalith refers here as Kahn's actions did not break his/her personal fudge factor. which is quite contrary to my view Because I firmly believe that Kahn's actions were questionable, illegal (As Referenced in Johnson, C. E. (2017). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. SAGE Publications.) I know as per example of drunken women driving a car as illegal but not unethical as the television team is only witnessing the scene, but these actions broke my fudge factor (Ref: Koblin, J. (2015, August 28). Front pages on killings in Virginia spur anger. The New York Times, p. A12)

After reading Chapter-1, it is clear that Kahn had cast the shadow of power by hiring extra employees. Shadow of mismanaged information to manipulate the salesman from Byte Magazine. Kahn had also exhibited the shadow of misplacing & broken loyalties by using the salesman and the shadow of irresponsibility by challenging Microsoft while his company was in losses. (Ref: in the Case study from book Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership).

Lalith's discussion post also describes that Kahn has cast the shadow of power by hiring employees. The shadow of misplaced and broken loyalties by breaking employees' trusts in internal policy issues & the shadow of privilege by tricking the consumers & gaining profits from the business.

References

Johnson, C. E. (2017). Meeting the ethical challenges of leadership: Casting light or shadow. SAGE Publications.

Koblin, J. (2015, August 28). Front pages on killings in Virginia spur anger. The New York Times, p. A12