Please answer all parts of each question.

For question 1, you will need to copy and paste (or screenshot) your Level overview and scores. You can
find this information again in your Overview & Profile.

For question 2, you will reflect on the scenarios presented in the game. Was there anything you found
particularly difficult? Anything that surprised you? Please be sure to discuss scenarios in the level of the
simulation with appropriate insights. You will need to write using college-level writing skills, and your
response needs to be proofread appropriately.

Compared to previous scenarios this one I found much more difficult in the sense that deciding what is
ethical and unethical was very difficult. I encountered many scenarios that covered topics such as
removing people in order to support the greater good. One of the first situations that I came across was
the company needing to fulfill a bonus requirement and in order to do so they needed to let go of
several people that were new. I struggled with this because I assumed that would bring down the
morale of the workers. Yet I did get the answer wrong because it was for the greater good that they laid
off the workers. Another situation that I struggled with was a situation that required laying off newer
tech savvy employees and saving the positions from the people with more experience in the company. I
understood the overall concept of this scenario yet laying people off due to poor budgeting in my head
just seems wrong. Yet that is the way many businesses function and in order to stay profitable sacrifices
need to be made. The most shocking scenario that I came across was one where the employee was lying
about company spending and was a well-loved person who had experience and time in the company.
My initial thought for this scenario was to give second chances. Looking further into the entire situation
you could see how unethical this member of the team's decision was and how it is a slippery slope for
the rest of the team if allowed. I really enjoyed this scenario and all the functions that played within it
because I feel that it captured more of the taboo topics within a company that people try to avoid such
as laying people off, unethical approaches, and bonuses.

For question 3, you will need to explain one of the decision-making scenarios you were given in the level
and analyze it in terms of one of this week’s theories. To receive full credit, be sure you name the theory
you are using from the chapters that you read that week, explain the theory fully, and then explain how
the scenario illustrates that theory. Your response will need to be cited properly. That means you will
need to cite the textbook correctly, i.e. (Fryer 146). You will need to write using college-level writing
skills, and your response needs to be proofread appropriately.
One particular scenario that stood out to me was one of the companies needing to decide whether to
forfeit members of the team who have worked with the company for quite some time and rid of their
bonus in exchange for laying a few newer partners off. the other option was to forfeit the companies’
bonuses and keep the newer hires. This concept really stands out to me with the discourse ethics theory
because you can look at this concept from both sides and understand that each decision might have a
little bit of right and wrong tide into each one of them. The discourse ethics theory focuses on how right
and wrong are not in dependently correct more so that the people involved need to be able to discuss
the situation an inappropriate manner that helps them decide what the ethical solution will be and what
is best for the organization (Fryer 250). In some instances, there may be more than one option to choose
that is ethical and yet one party might be affected poorly based on the decision or quite opposite and
the other party will be affected poorly. This is why the discourse ethics theory is very important in an
organization because it helps people come together in an organization and really discuss what will be
most beneficial for their company. So, in some cases there may not be a right and wrong answer but
ultimately it is the companies discourse that will provide inefficient answer in the actions that they
should take.

For question 4, you will need to share how you could use the concepts discussed in this simulation in
your job today. You will relate these concepts to the other course materials and to your own
experiences. To receive full credit, be sure to discuss a specific scenario from that week’s level, a specific
example from your own experiences, and a specific connection to something you learned from the text
from that week’s reading. Your response will need to be cited properly. That means that when you make
a specific connection to something you learned from the text, you will need to cite the textbook
correctly, i.e. (Fryer 146). You will need to write using college-level writing skills, and your response
needs to be proofread appropriately.

From the simulation an experience that I can take and understand in a better sense at my current
position is the scenario where one of the older members of the company was performing unethically
and lying about company spending. I think that many times in the workplace it is easy to get comfortable
and have people around you that you trust. As a manager it may be a hard decision to let somebody go
who you have formed a relationship with. Not only will it be hard to let somebody go who you have
formed a relationship with, but it will also be difficult if that member of the team has become very
important to everybody else on the team someone that everybody looks up to. In the situation where a
member who has been with the company for a long time performs unethically it is easy to want to let
that go with a warning, but it sets a bad example and a double standard for the rest of the team. I
personally believe that a member with the company for an extended amount of time understands the
company's policy and is aware of the consequences of their actions. Letting this person go with a
warning leaves room for a slippery slope for the rest of the team. As a leader it may be difficult to make
these decisions, but you also need to be aware of the bigger picture and think more strategically for how
you want to accomplish your goals and what setbacks your decision could have. The contemporary
management theory talks about how there is reasoning for taking the approach that you do in your
decision-making (Fryer 262). I think that this is a great example for that theory in terms of taking a step
back and understanding the effects of your decision and what impact it will make on the team at work.
While there may be negative effects for each decision as a leader you need to understand what the
long-term outcome will be.
You need to have a work cited section at the end of the assignment that will need to include the
textbook and EI Games.

Works Cited

E.I. Games. “Business Ethics Game.” E.I. Games, 2020, https://play.eigames.com/game/26.

Fryer, Mick. “Chapter 7.” Ethics Theory & Business Practice, SAGE, Los Angeles, CA, 2015, pp. 249–
289.