Case Analysis
Trinh Nguyen
MGMT 300
Professor Richard Martin
25 September 2014
Case Analysis #1 I would confront my boss privately and let him know that I am uncomfortable with how the documents were obtained and what possession of them would say about our company’s culture. Although having possession of these documents would benefit the company, it could result into a public relations nightmare if anyone were to find out about this tactic. It is a big risk to obtain a competitor’s confidential document, but to use those documents would be a disaster since it could ruin the company’s reputation. It will show that the company is a failure for stooping to that level and it will also take a while for them to bring their reputation back to where it was. It may seem like an advantage for the company to use the competitor’s confidential documents, but the way I see is that the competitors will actually be at an advantage when the public finds out about this tactic because consumers will not be drawn to you anymore. The company cannot create a high-performance culture if there are no values, and in order to do so, I would just let my boss know that I will not use the competitor’s confidential documents so we can do this the right way. I want to be a cultural leader and drive the company to excellence the right way because it will exemplify us to be a strong culture. Culture has a significant impact on performance so by putting emphasis on cultural values, it will affect the business performance positively which would drive the company to success.
MGMT 300
Professor Richard Martin
25 September 2014
Case Analysis #1 I would confront my boss privately and let him know that I am uncomfortable with how the documents were obtained and what possession of them would say about our company’s culture. Although having possession of these documents would benefit the company, it could result into a public relations nightmare if anyone were to find out about this tactic. It is a big risk to obtain a competitor’s confidential document, but to use those documents would be a disaster since it could ruin the company’s reputation. It will show that the company is a failure for stooping to that level and it will also take a while for them to bring their reputation back to where it was. It may seem like an advantage for the company to use the competitor’s confidential documents, but the way I see is that the competitors will actually be at an advantage when the public finds out about this tactic because consumers will not be drawn to you anymore. The company cannot create a high-performance culture if there are no values, and in order to do so, I would just let my boss know that I will not use the competitor’s confidential documents so we can do this the right way. I want to be a cultural leader and drive the company to excellence the right way because it will exemplify us to be a strong culture. Culture has a significant impact on performance so by putting emphasis on cultural values, it will affect the business performance positively which would drive the company to success.