GK
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Question
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Which is an ethical issue that relates to knowledge management in the workplace?
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The sales manager of a manufacturing firm shares the firm’s quarterly sales goals with the sales staff.
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A project leader requests that each member of his/her team provide a status report to the group.
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The president of a small company asks his/her executive team for input regarding a business decision.
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An employee deliberately does not share information with management that will help the company meet its goals.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Unethical accounting, harassment, health and safety, technology, privacy, social media, and discrimination are the five primary types of ethical issues in the workplace.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ethical approach aims to decrease the sharing of certain information, protect privacy, protect employee power/intellectual capital and avoid applying knowledge to the detriment of any stakeholders. Many KM practices have more “malign objectives” and are often self-serving (Land et al, 2004).
Detailed explanation-3: -The ethical issues are important which constitutes knowledge hoarding, knowledge ownership conflict, privacy rights, knowledge manipulation and misappropriation.
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