Ethical Dilemmas in Business, NGOs and Politics Essay

This essay is an example of an all too often occurrence in the political realm. This is the story of a successful businesswoman from humble beginnings who made some unfortunate choices. Ramona Lopez started off fresh from college and developed a small business, and later became a well-know business-woman. She was also known as philanthropist and as donated her time and money to â€Å"the shelter for battered women and the community fund.† The shelter even â€Å"named its daycare center The Lopez Center to recognize the donation that funded the building† (Nadler, 2011). As with anything, with success, comes money, with money comes problems. The story indicates that as Ramona’s business started to grow she needed to expand her business and†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"I applaud Ramona Lopez and her past generosity. But I feel uncomfortable accepting any future donations. But her fellow board member Jason Warren argued that there was nothing wrong wit h accepting Lopez’s money.† Therein lies the ethical dilemma, can the shelter ethically accept the money of a â€Å"criminal† even though the money is being used for good purposes. Or should it decline the money. To obtain a better understanding we have to break down the story in parts. First we start out with charge itself. Was Ramona in essence trying to buy her favor with the mayor? The â€Å"pay to play† idea has become a familiar site in politics. We start off by defining it, â€Å"Pay-to-play is a term used to describe an all too common occurrence our political system: when money is exchanged directly for political favors, such as generous campaign donations for a lucrative government contract. Or tickets to the Super Bowl in exchange for a legislative favor† (CommonCause, nd). Obviously it was within her right to donate the mayor’s campaign but where Ramona stepped over the line was after her employees contributed, she then reimbursed them, which is violation of the law. This story is fictional but an example of how the federal law prohibits this type of contribution is, â€Å"Contributions in the Name of Another, Contributions made in the name ofShow MoreRelat edBtc Pipeline: Turkish Delight or Russian Roulette?1256 Words   |  6 Pagesmap. A visual mapping of parties that affect or about affected by an organization, strategy and in this case a project. Helps us identify the expectations and power of different stakeholders, this understand what ethical issues dilemmas are to be understood and resolved. METHOD / FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS We have chosen a normative approach (what should be done) for our analysis as opposed to a descriptive approach (how itRead MoreXczc3583 Words   |  15 PagesGovt., Business, NGOs – Interface between them in the rise of globalization BUSINESS ETHICS PROJECT Govt., Business, NGOs – Interface between them in the rise of globalization BUSINESS ETHICS PROJECT Chand Ajmera, PGP/17/192 Ananya Jha, PGP/17/194 Shraddha Srikhande, PGP/17/240 Dinesh Kumar V, PGP/17/248 Chand Ajmera, PGP/17/192 Ananya Jha, PGP/17/194 Shraddha Srikhande, PGP/17/240 Dinesh Kumar V, PGP/17/248 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ROLE OF CSOS IN BUSINESS GOVERNMENT