David Callahan's Cheating In A Bottom-Line Economy
A summary of Callahan’s “Cheating in a Bottom-line Economy”
In the chapter “Cheating in a Bottom-line Economy,” David Callahan analyses and clearly outlines underlying reasons behind unethical behaviour in contemporary businesses, which primarily centres on the need to meet bottom line standards. He asserts that American workers have no choice but to act unrightfully in order to stay in employment firms and to avoid being laid off. An analogy used to support this idea is an auto mechanic who works for a national chain of repair shops. An auto mechanic would be paid $30,000 annually, which would be enough to sustain him but a marching order that affects mechanics and managers is introduced causing a reduction in the base pay. Eventually, these
In the chapter “Cheating in a Bottom-line Economy,” David Callahan analyses and clearly outlines underlying reasons behind unethical behaviour in contemporary businesses, which primarily centres on the need to meet bottom line standards. He asserts that American workers have no choice but to act unrightfully in order to stay in employment firms and to avoid being laid off. An analogy used to support this idea is an auto mechanic who works for a national chain of repair shops. An auto mechanic would be paid $30,000 annually, which would be enough to sustain him but a marching order that affects mechanics and managers is introduced causing a reduction in the base pay. Eventually, these