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Law/Ethics Conflict Paper This paper will address an incident in an organization where law and ethics conflict. The paper will analyze one incident that has the decision/action being legal but is not ethical and the incident also has a decision/action being not legal but it is ethical. The paper will also examine the resolution for this incident. Background Information Jim has been an excellent CEO. He has worked with the organization for about twenty years. When he was first hired by the Board of Directors, he came into a very troubled organization that was struggling financially and structurally. The organization had always been in the entrepreneurial stage and has never really looked at itself as a business. Many of the rules were made up as you go or you called the good old boy attorney and asked his advice. There were no real policies or procedures. Auditors and attorneys were used often. The organization was doing poorly when Jim was hired. Jim was actually hired to transition the organization over to another entity. Jim did not understand why he was hired so he fought any effort to dissolve the organization. Jim put up an excellent fight so much so that he was actually able to retain a large portion of the organization. Thanks to Jim the organization exist today. Because Jim was so successful, he was hailed as a superstar savior of the organization. The mindset of the board was that a man who could do such an excellent job in saving part of the organization when everyone else thought it was on its last leg could do no wrong. After this occurred everyone just left Jim, the great, to do what ever he wanted. Jim¡¦s way of running the organization was very closed. Jim made decisions and he did not seek others input nor did he feel he needed to inform anyone of his decisions. All financial matters were closed to everyone. Jim would pick the information carefully that went to the Finance Committee and Board of Directors. He did not share information and the board and staff were content to leave things this way. After all it was Jim, the great, making these decisions. The organization survived but it did not do great things. There was sufficient money to carry on business and the board did not have to be concerned. Jim kept things at a pretty even level. There was nothing that really stood out to get others attention.
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