I really think managers should be ethical in their decision making. First let's define what it means to be ethical. Ethical means being morally correct or right or wrong, so decision making is important to create a professional work environment for employees and their leaders. Being honest with all employees, as well as being open-minded and flexible in decision-making, can make a difference. If we didn't have ethical decision making in the workplace, that gives us boundaries or what is right and what is wrong in the workplace. Not having these boundaries creates a lot of gray areas that may become difficult to enforce among your employees. Ethics are the basis of business decisions. It is also about success and building relationships with consumers and business partners. I recently had a discussion with my brother and approached him with this question asking: Should managers be ethical in their decision making? And if so, how should ethics be used in decision making? To my surprise, my brother agreed with the question and said that managers should be ethical in making decisions. Now mind you, my brother is a former customer service manager and department manager of one of today's largest retail chains we call "Wally World" better known as Wal-Mart. In his position he informed me that being in a management position you are taught and trained on what is ethical in decision making and how to handle it. But you have to take what you learn and incorporate it into the way you handle things. One example that came up during our discussion was when he had to discipline one of his associates for being late several days in a row. Its upper level of management... middle of paper... socially butterfly and without technology I will move forward. In my quest to become a recreational facility and program supervisor, cost analysis is the most feasible alternative in my case. The reason I say this is because cost analysis combines subjective methods and mathematical techniques to compare alternative courses of action. This is also known as pros and cons. This self-evaluation opened my eyes to a whole new level. I never knew that I could actually apply some of these questions in my daily life and above all I didn't know that I could apply some of the terminology in the book to the position I intend to fill in the near future. Who would do it? One thing that would help me build credibility in my relationships with others is that I can now see the pros and cons of any scenario that might come my way as I meet new relationships along the way.