Contemporary Issues in Business
1. Introduction
2. What Happened?
2.1. Table of Events- The Phone Hacking Scandal
3. What is management?
3.1. Management Ideologies
3.2. Humanistic versus Economistic Ideologies
3.3 Scientific Management Theories
3.4. Critical Management Studies
3.5 Managers as Actors
3.6 Managers as Discursive Subjectivies
4. Ethical Theories
4.1. Consequentialist Theories
4.2. Non Consequentialist Theories
5. Conclusion
6. Recommendations
7. References
1.Introduction
This report will discuss the events that took place during the phone hacking scandal at News International and evaluate the behaviour of the Organisation and its Management. It will review the issues in this case against several ethical and ideological theories as well as providing recommendations for how things could have been handled differently. It will examine the role of Management within an organisation and reflect on its social and ethical responsibilities.
2.What Happened?
The events of the phone hacking scandal can be seen detailed in the table below-
2.1. Table of Events- The Phone Hacking Scandal Date | Event | Significance | 2000 | Rebekah Brooks appointed editor of News Of The World | | 2003 | Rebekah Brooks is appointed editor of The Sun. Andy Coulson is also appointed editor of The Sunday paper. Brooks also tells a parliamentary committee that her paper has paid police for information however News International say that this is not the policy of the company. | This is a first admittance that the paper was willing to pay for information and perhaps use underhand tactics to get stories. | 2005 (November) | The Royal Court complains after NOW prints a story reporting on a leg injury suffered by Prince William which they could not have known about without intercepting private voicemail messages. A Police inquiry is launched to investigate. | This is the first time an accusation of phone hacking has been made against NOW. | 2006 (August) | Clive Goodman (NOW’s Royal
2. What Happened?
2.1. Table of Events- The Phone Hacking Scandal
3. What is management?
3.1. Management Ideologies
3.2. Humanistic versus Economistic Ideologies
3.3 Scientific Management Theories
3.4. Critical Management Studies
3.5 Managers as Actors
3.6 Managers as Discursive Subjectivies
4. Ethical Theories
4.1. Consequentialist Theories
4.2. Non Consequentialist Theories
5. Conclusion
6. Recommendations
7. References
1.Introduction
This report will discuss the events that took place during the phone hacking scandal at News International and evaluate the behaviour of the Organisation and its Management. It will review the issues in this case against several ethical and ideological theories as well as providing recommendations for how things could have been handled differently. It will examine the role of Management within an organisation and reflect on its social and ethical responsibilities.
2.What Happened?
The events of the phone hacking scandal can be seen detailed in the table below-
2.1. Table of Events- The Phone Hacking Scandal Date | Event | Significance | 2000 | Rebekah Brooks appointed editor of News Of The World | | 2003 | Rebekah Brooks is appointed editor of The Sun. Andy Coulson is also appointed editor of The Sunday paper. Brooks also tells a parliamentary committee that her paper has paid police for information however News International say that this is not the policy of the company. | This is a first admittance that the paper was willing to pay for information and perhaps use underhand tactics to get stories. | 2005 (November) | The Royal Court complains after NOW prints a story reporting on a leg injury suffered by Prince William which they could not have known about without intercepting private voicemail messages. A Police inquiry is launched to investigate. | This is the first time an accusation of phone hacking has been made against NOW. | 2006 (August) | Clive Goodman (NOW’s Royal
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