Should Lesley Lie?

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The key stakeholders in the company

Stakeholders in an organization include customers , shareholders customers , employees , suppliers , employers or investors who can either affect or be affected by the organizations objectives . The stakeholders of an organization must be taken into consideration because a business is run in their interests . Stakeholders are incorporated into the organization through legally binding contracts (Hutchinson , 2001 Organizations are required to be transparent and communicate effectively in their decisions , policies and activities to

its stakeholders

Judith Schmidt who is the managing director of the computer sales office is in charge of identifying the problems that the company is experiencing Judith calls an emergency meeting in her office to discuss the problems facing the company . As a managing director Judith has decided to make decisions for the firm without consulting the company 's union and its stakeholders . Judith decided that in for the company to survive , the organization must be restructured and the staff reduced She sees this as a ways of increasing the company 's savings . Judith acknowledges that wider consultations and discussions with other stakeholders are important , but she says that there is no time for that By so doing , Judith has the problem of democratic accountability because she is not transparent since her decisions are not made visible . She argues that the three regional sales departments will be merged into two and that her decision is final . She however creates room for consultation with Human resource manager and regional sales office managers on the practicalities of the process . Judith urges her team to keep the matter confidential because it was very sensitive . It should not be disclosed until details are finalized and an announcement made to all the sales staff

Lesley Jones who is the manager of a regional computer sales office with 15 staff is called for an emergency meeting by the managing director to discuss the problems being experienced by the company Lesley is informed by Judith of her decision to restructure the company and reduce employees by merging the three sales departments into two Though no prior discussions had been held with her , Lesley accepts the decision and agrees to keep the matter confidential until it is finalized and announced to all the staff . She is upset with the decision to merge the departments and reduce the number of staff . Lesley is not sure whether she will still have the job herself when the plan is finalized . One of Lesley new staff , Juan , overheard about the re-organization and redundancies and demands to know the truth . Lesley admits to Juan about the managing director 's decisions to restructure the company . She asks him not to tell anyone else about the matter Lesley has broken her promise to keep the matter confidential until all the staff is informed

Jagdeep and Eric are managers in two different sales departments . They are both called to the emergency meeting together with Lesley . Jagdeep and Eric agree...