Anand Kanabar

BUS 601

Aristotelian Resolution

For this Aristotelian resolution, I, Prince Millman, will use format 3 to reflect on my character as
a person in business, and a business person. When I was named CEO of Adams Corporation, I was forced
to make changes to the way the company operated. I instituted a new compensation program that
many employees didn’t agree with. I have decided to think like an Aristotelian, and reflect on which
vices, anti-vices, and means to the vices tempted me.

The first vice that tempted me was insensibility. I have decided to implement the new
compensation program without thinking about what may happen to the employees of Adams
Corporation. I have aligned myself with the higher ups of this corporation, in trying to reduce costs. I
was insensitive to the fact that implementing a new compensation program may decrease some current
employee’s earnings. This in turn may affect their family and home life. In being named CEO, and to try
to make the most money for myself, I lost touch with the employees that work for me. I only thought of
myself, trying to make the most money I could as CEO. I was insensitive to the fact that some employees
could lose their jobs based on some of the programs I implemented when I was named CEO of Adams
Corporation. Opposite is self-indulgence. Mean is temperance.

The second vice that tempted me was boastfulness. After getting the CEO position at Adams
Corporation, I thought I could do no wrong. I believed that every program that I implemented was for
the good of the company. Many employees griped about the programs I implemented when I first
started. The whole time, I believed the employees of the Adams Corporation were being too hasty in
rejecting the new programs. I believed that only I knew what was best for the company, and the rest of
the employees just didn’t want change. I thought they rejected the programs because it would be extra
paper work for them, not realizing that in the long run, it may affect the culture of the company.
Opposite is mock modest. Mean is truthful person.

The third vice that tempted me was honor loving. Once I was named CEO of Adams Corporation,
I wanted to make the most money possible. I wanted to show the higher-ups of Adams Corporation that
they had made the right decision in picking me for the CEO position. I believed earning the highest salary
would show my superiors and subordinates that I was the best man for the job. This attitude allowed me
to implement the new compensation program. My salary was based on the profit I could earn for the
Adams Corporation. I did not care that my new programs would change the culture of the company. I
also did not care that my new programs enabled a cut-throat type competition between employees.
These programs severed many friendships between employees due to the fact that I made the culture of
Adams Corporation all about earning the most money. Some employees were let go because they
couldn’t meet their sales goals. My programs forced employees to work longer, which effected their
personal and families lives. Opposite is indifferent to honor. Mean is proper pride.
 The fourth vice that tempted me was quarrelsome. When I first started at Adams Corporation as
a CEO, I had many employees congratulate me on my nomination. I quickly became egotistical. This in
turned me in a very quarrelsome person. When I first implemented my new programs, I had many
employees come up to my office and tell me that the changes I am making will affect the morale of the
employees. I got into many arguments with employees over the fact that I believed I was the only one
that could right, and everyone else wrong. I even explained to one employee that this is one of the
reasons why I was chosen as CEO. I went on to tell the employee that if he was smarter than I, than he
would have gotten the job. I told him this was obviously not the case because I am the CEO of Adams
Corporation, and he is not. Opposite is obsequious. Mean is friendliness.