Tom Culley, writer of “The art and skill of cutting corners” and Patrick Weidinger, director of environmental health and safety, disagree on the act on the act of “corner cutting” when starting and operating a business. In the article, “The art and skill of cutting corners”, Tom Culley believes that corner cutting is the most efficient way to a profit-making business. He believes that when starting off, precious time should not be wasted when attempting to make profit. Patrick Weidinger on the contrary believes that “cutting corners” play a part in the injuries or deaths or workers, in efforts of obtaining quick profit. Weidinger also believes that “corner cutting” leads to pollution of the environment as well as a violation of state and federal regulations. Both sides provided a strong case and I …show more content…
Culley goes on to say “if you made the gold, you made the gold-no matter if your office is a mess or your warehouse is a pigpen”. This is where he is wrong. I disagree with this statement, solely because of his comparison of a warehouse to a pig pen. When it comes to overall safety in the workplace, it is important that cleanliness and organization are a priority. IT is obvious that Culley is figuratively speaking; however, his stance on the cutting corners arises concerns for safety in the workplace environment. Culley also believes that there will be a “pause time” that can be used to make up a bit for the “corner cutting”. I think he is wrong by stating that because with profitable success, laziness can occur. By taking caution when operating a business, one can make sure to do so effectively and safely, which is what Weidinger believes. Patrick Weidinger, being a director of safety, had a serious disagreement with Culley. Widinger believes that “going for the gold” can be the reasoning for sickness, injury and death of employees while
Conroy displays his life through his novel, The Lords of Discipline, to give readers a visual demonstration of how life connections can transform the entity of a novel. Conroy's attendance to the Citadel, his family, and the South helped influence his innovative writing style.
In “The Real Truth about Money” (2005), Gregg Easterbrook discusses the effects of money on the people’s happiness. He presents his article with statistics of the generation immediately after the World War II and the current generation. He has experienced both generations as he has lived in both and is very familiar with the difference of people’s lives now and back then. Easterbrook is a highly reputed journalist, he is an authorized writer, editor, and professor. He worked with many professional magazines and newspapers; accordingly, he has enough knowledge to write about the people’s happiness in terms of money. Easterbrook has well convinced the readers with psychological facts from university researches and credible
Getting one good grade in school is easy, the difficult part is to keep getting good grades. This concept applies to other things also. For example when a group is given a certain privilege they have to maintain it. In the essay “The Unexamined” by Ross Chambers, the author discusses that different races are perceived differently depending on where they are. He says that white people are the superior ones, and they bare the privilege of not being marked by others. While other races are discriminated, the whites are excluded from discrimination. Together with the color category there are other ones which also are the privileged ones, like for example: men and straight people. In the other essay “Man Royals And Sodomites” by Makeda Silvera,
It is often said that products made in sweatshops are cheap and that is why people buy those products, but why is it behind the clothes or shoes that we wear that make sweatshops bad? In the article Sweat, Fire and Ethics by Bob Jeffcott is trying to persuade the people and tell them how sweatshops are bad.
Gladwell refers ‘thin slicing’ as the ability to make a fast conclusion using very little information. This is an activity that almost everybody does on a daily basis when faced with different issues. In his book, Gladwell focuses on how mental process work rapidly for one to make the best and accurate judgements. He provides several examples where quick and accurate decisions are made and they are; gambling, advertising, wars and sales. Thin slicing proves that sudden decisions are right compared to those that are planned and calculated. However, thin slicing can limit individuals’ understanding of the surrounding because of inadequate data.
Mike Rose describes his first-hand experience of blue collar workers in his monograph “Blue Collar Brilliance”. Patiently, he observed the cooks and waitresses whilst he waited for his mother’s shift to end. He noticed how his mother called out abbreviated orders, tag tables and so on. Mike Rose describes how his mother, Rosie, took orders whilst holding cups of coffee and removed plates in motion. Rose observed how her mother and other waiters worked and concluded that blue collar work “demands both body and brain” (Rose 274). He describes that Rosie devised memory strategies and knew whether an order was being delayed. She was assiduous in sequencing and clustering her tasks and solved any technical or human problem simultaneously. Managing
Throughout his villanelle, “Saturday at the Border,” Hayden Carruth continuously mentions the “death-knell” (Carruth 3) to reveal his aged narrator’s anticipation of his upcoming death. The poem written in conversation with Carruth’s villanelle, “Monday at the River,” assures the narrator that despite his age, he still possesses the expertise to write a well structured poem. Additionally, the poem offers Carruth’s narrator a different attitude with which to approach his writing, as well as his death, to alleviate his feelings of distress and encourage him to write with confidence.
The problem with pollution prevention is that it requires people to understand more than the intimate details of the production process; they must also understand the technical possibilities. Many corporations have environmental managers, which are generally responsible for helping corporations comply with the law. According to the case study, the work of environmental managers often expose them to many pollution prevention solutions, but they often have trouble getting access to production areas. Production often sees Environmental Managers as "the compliance police".
Good Boss, Bad Boss by Robert Sutton PhD tells what good bosses do and learn what not to do by bad bosses. Dr. Sutton breaks the book down into nine chapters that cater from having the right mindset to it is all about you. The book breaks down situations into common sense thinking.
Companies that ignore the safety of their consumers in order to push a product to meet its deadline while saving some money are acting immorally. Ford knew their new automobile, the Pinto, had serious consequences to human welfare, yet ignored it and sold the product as is anyway. The Pinto did not meet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposed standard for rear-impact collisions and failed every crash-test. This posed a serious safety concern considering that the Pinto represented a serious fire hazard when struck from the rear; even at low speed collisions. Even with this knowledge, Ford decided to push the product as is and ultimately ended up harming many people. Therefore, Ford acted immorally.
Business ethics can cause a sensitivity in individuals to issues they would otherwise overlook. The insensitivity to issues is a problem. One individual may see a conflict while another will simply see normality. Richard T. De George, a University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Courtesy Professor of Management at the University of Kansas, addressed the issue in “The Case of the Collapsed Mine” by presenting a case study and raising several questions. Richard raises questions on the value of human life in accordance with safe products and how the loss of morality awards loyalty. The case of the collapsed mine shaft takes place in West Virginia. Miners worked below the surface in a tunnel digging for coal. The director of safety reported to the mine manager that gas buildup occured over the two preceding days, and it became serious enough to close all operations until the buildup cleared. The owner of the mine decided the buildup lacked seriousness and decided to take a risk and keep the mine running because orders needed filled and closing the mine would disrupt business and stop income. The gas eventually exploded, collapsing a section of the tunnel. In addition to the eight people who became trapped, three miners died in the accident. To reach the victims and save lives, the cost would reach millions of dollars. The manager then faced the issue of deciding if saving their lives are worth it. This brings forth the questionioning of the value of a human life. Who holds the right to decide if their lives are worthy enough to save? The manager ultimately decided to save the men, but he asked for volunteers to assist. Although twelve dozen men volunteered, the challenge proved more difficult than they expected. Two explosions occurred and three members of the rescue team died. They managed to make contact with the starving survivors, who resorted to cannibalism. Twenty
As already discussed, cost cutting is what put BP in the position they were in. Bp tried to convince the community, and themselves for that matter, that they were green and environmentally friendly. However, this study displays both a marketing and incentivised pursuit.
“In Business As In Life – You Don’t Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate.” Author: Chester L. Karrass, 426 pages. Publisher; Stanford St. Press, June 1996. ISBN 0-9652274-9-9.
Environmental policy is often regarded as one of the main drivers of environmental innovation (Porter and van der Linde, 1995b). The adverse effects of most environmental problems resulted in environmental innovation being less market-driven and more regulatory motivated. Porter and van der Linde (1995b) advocate that environmental regulation may result in a win-win situation: pollution being reduced and profits increased. This argument is famously termed the Porter Hypothesis and is largely based on evolutionary innovation theory (Nelson and Winter, 1982). Nelson and Winter (1982) postulate that a firm’s innovative behaviour is hardly an optimisation process; rather it often follows rules of thumb and routines, due to the large uncertainties related to the success of innovation. Following Nelson and Winter (1982) Porter and van der Linde (1995b) assert that this argument is largely applicable to environmental innovation where firms are “… still inexperienced in dealing creatively with environmental issues.”(Porter and van der Linde, 1995b). Therefore, environmentally and economically favourable innovations are often unrealised due to inadequate information, organizational and coordination problems (Porter van der Linde 1995b). Therefore, in such a scenario, environmental regulation plays a critical role by forcing firms to bring about “economically benign environmental innovation” (Horbach, 2008). For example, the Catalytic Converter was developed following regulations to protect local air quality, and resulted in significant reduction in emissions of pollutants such as NOx and SOx from vehicles (Kemp and Foxon, 2007). Indeed, Porter and van der Linde (1995b) call for countries to adopt “innovation-forcing regulations” for envi...
The death of twenty-nine workers in an explosion at an underground mine site is a catastrophic example that demonstrates the critical need for a strong safety culture in the workplace. Ben Heineman, the author of the article “Valuing Safety is Good for Companies’ Bottom Line,” (2010) suggests that “culture consists of the shared principles and shared practices which influence how people in organizations feel, think, and behave.” Today, most industries view strong safety regulations as a crucial component to the workplace practices inside a business. Without a deep commitment by company leadership to create and enforce the importance of safety and health polices, a safety culture will not exist. Integrity and safety must never be compromised to achieve numbers and the value of an employee’s life must always be a company’s first priority.