Case Study: Metroville Urban Renewal Scenario
Background
The mini case scenario this week asks the students to examine three cases in which policy analysts are put into situations where they must make professional and ethical decisions based on their respective situations.
In the Metroville Urban renewal scenario, policy analyst Henry is tasked to do an evaluation of the urban development project that has been in progress for ten years. The Metroville City Planning Department has sponsored the project and has also received funding from the federal government. Henry has discovered that although the project was supposed to benefit poor families and disadvantaged populations, it has actually displaced lower class families and forced some small businesses to shut down. The citizens are not happy with the project …show more content…
Analysis
The general theme of these scenarios is ethical obligation. The analysts in the scenarios has to determine if the welfare of the organization, outweighs the need for honesty (Clemons & McBeth, 2009). Joe and Henry, could themselves, suffer the serious repercussions if they report their findings. In Metroville, Henry works directly for the person responsible for managing the urban renewal. Joe is also an employee of the state commercial fishing agency, whose loose policies caused the degradation of the lake fish and the pollution.
These scenarios beg to make a determination of who the analyst actually works for and if they have the capacity to be neutral in their reporting. Henry, works for the Metroville Committee Planning Department. This relationship is one of employer/employee only. The guidelines from the federal government was that the project should help, and not harm low income families. Yet the project has only yielded profits for the upper middle class families and corporations. Additionally, the citizens of Metroville has more than voiced their disapproval for the continuation of the
The mini case scenario this week asks the students to examine three cases in which policy analysts are put into situations where they must make professional and ethical decisions based on their respective situations.
In the Metroville Urban renewal scenario, policy analyst Henry is tasked to do an evaluation of the urban development project that has been in progress for ten years. The Metroville City Planning Department has sponsored the project and has also received funding from the federal government. Henry has discovered that although the project was supposed to benefit poor families and disadvantaged populations, it has actually displaced lower class families and forced some small businesses to shut down. The citizens are not happy with the project …show more content…
Analysis
The general theme of these scenarios is ethical obligation. The analysts in the scenarios has to determine if the welfare of the organization, outweighs the need for honesty (Clemons & McBeth, 2009). Joe and Henry, could themselves, suffer the serious repercussions if they report their findings. In Metroville, Henry works directly for the person responsible for managing the urban renewal. Joe is also an employee of the state commercial fishing agency, whose loose policies caused the degradation of the lake fish and the pollution.
These scenarios beg to make a determination of who the analyst actually works for and if they have the capacity to be neutral in their reporting. Henry, works for the Metroville Committee Planning Department. This relationship is one of employer/employee only. The guidelines from the federal government was that the project should help, and not harm low income families. Yet the project has only yielded profits for the upper middle class families and corporations. Additionally, the citizens of Metroville has more than voiced their disapproval for the continuation of the