Business Research Ethics: Boeing Company And Lockheed Martin
Business Research Ethics
Ellen R Hertz
RES351
November 5, 2013
Thomas Corcoran
Business Research Ethics
In June of 2006, the United States Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty released a statement. In his statement, he said; “The American people rightly expect government officials and contractors to act with integrity. The outcome of these investigations sends a clear message to those doing business with the government: harsh consequences await anyone whose conduct falls short of the highest legal and ethical standards.” (Justice, 2006)
According to the report in from 2000-2002 Darleen A. Druyun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Management negotiated contracts between the Air Force, Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin. There were several unethical behaviors involved in the negotiations of several contracts with the Boeing Company. Fist Boeing obtained more than 22,000 pages of documents from Lockheed Martin, which contained confidential competition-sensitive or other proprietary information that would give Boeing the upper hand when negating for contracts. Then Dryun would use this information to influence Boeing to hire her son-in-law and daughter as well as herself. These are clear violations of the conflict of interest law among others (Phinney, 2005). …show more content…
There are many injured parties when a person of this magnitude deceives people.
She was a trusted and powerful person. She worked her way up the military chain of command and then used that power to hurt many individuals. Dryun not only hurt those she worked with at the pentagon but she hurt the American public. The future contractors were hurt as well. They now will be looked at with more scrutiny and a larger magnifying glass. She hurt many individuals at both airplane companies and all of the employees that work for them. Ms. Dryun created a miss trust that many powerful women will have to deal with in the
future.
Unethical behavior is all around us. How do you stop it is a good question. One that is not easily answered. It is up to the person who is going to commit the unethical behavior to ask themselves why, what are they going to gain and is it really going to be worth it. Whom are they going to hurt is what they should be asking and that should stop them? But, since there is still so much unethical behavior that must not be the answer.
Companies can put in place checks and balances to stop unethical practices but sometimes that is not enough. It is up to an individual to be ethical, which is something that you cannot teach, only instill. For this case, all Ms. Dryun had to do was trust in herself and her ability’s. She was obviously smart had she not let greed get in her way she would have gone even farther in her career.
References
Justice, D. O. (2006, June 30). Boeing to Pay United States Record $615 Million. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from The United States Department of Justice: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2006/June/06_civ_412.html
Phinney, D. (2005, January 5). Boeing Scandal Part of Deeper Problems at Pentagon. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from Corp Watch: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11780
Ellen R Hertz
RES351
November 5, 2013
Thomas Corcoran
Business Research Ethics
In June of 2006, the United States Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty released a statement. In his statement, he said; “The American people rightly expect government officials and contractors to act with integrity. The outcome of these investigations sends a clear message to those doing business with the government: harsh consequences await anyone whose conduct falls short of the highest legal and ethical standards.” (Justice, 2006)
According to the report in from 2000-2002 Darleen A. Druyun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition and Management negotiated contracts between the Air Force, Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin. There were several unethical behaviors involved in the negotiations of several contracts with the Boeing Company. Fist Boeing obtained more than 22,000 pages of documents from Lockheed Martin, which contained confidential competition-sensitive or other proprietary information that would give Boeing the upper hand when negating for contracts. Then Dryun would use this information to influence Boeing to hire her son-in-law and daughter as well as herself. These are clear violations of the conflict of interest law among others (Phinney, 2005). …show more content…
There are many injured parties when a person of this magnitude deceives people.
She was a trusted and powerful person. She worked her way up the military chain of command and then used that power to hurt many individuals. Dryun not only hurt those she worked with at the pentagon but she hurt the American public. The future contractors were hurt as well. They now will be looked at with more scrutiny and a larger magnifying glass. She hurt many individuals at both airplane companies and all of the employees that work for them. Ms. Dryun created a miss trust that many powerful women will have to deal with in the
future.
Unethical behavior is all around us. How do you stop it is a good question. One that is not easily answered. It is up to the person who is going to commit the unethical behavior to ask themselves why, what are they going to gain and is it really going to be worth it. Whom are they going to hurt is what they should be asking and that should stop them? But, since there is still so much unethical behavior that must not be the answer.
Companies can put in place checks and balances to stop unethical practices but sometimes that is not enough. It is up to an individual to be ethical, which is something that you cannot teach, only instill. For this case, all Ms. Dryun had to do was trust in herself and her ability’s. She was obviously smart had she not let greed get in her way she would have gone even farther in her career.
References
Justice, D. O. (2006, June 30). Boeing to Pay United States Record $615 Million. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from The United States Department of Justice: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2006/June/06_civ_412.html
Phinney, D. (2005, January 5). Boeing Scandal Part of Deeper Problems at Pentagon. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from Corp Watch: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11780