Individual Case PaperReflect on an ethical challenge that you have identified and address the following questions in an 8-10 page paper. Think of this paper as a case study, informed by what has been...

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ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF VODAFONE
Table of Contents
Background    3
Ethical challenges faced by Vodafone    3
Issues in ethical challenge    4
Resolve of the ethical challenge    5
Principles of ethical issues in leadership    7
Plan for future    8
Conclusion    10
References    11
Background
There are multiple technical approaches that a company can adopt and use in the process of ethical consideration. There are several opportunities in maintaining a high standard of ethical consideration in the working procedures of the company. Several principles satisfy several strategies towards the moral of the company. To have proper moral standards there is the necessity to understand the basics and be aware of the moral issues that are faced by the company (Dörr & Hollnbuchner, 2017). Duty, whenever discharged, must be considered with ethical consideration to give a meaning to the job done and also find purpose in the company's scheme.
Vodafone is a multinational company with its headquarters in London, UK founded in 1982. It is ranked the fourth largest group of telecommunication services globally and provides services to more than 313 million people as of 2018. The company operates in more than 25 countries and takes in the regional telecommunication service all around the globe. As of 2019, the net revenue earned by the company was 43.66 billion Euros. It has an approximate 52.5 billion euro as the market capitalization and is the eighth largest company in the country.
Ethical challenges faced by Vodafone
The Vodafone faced the challenge of environmental pollution in recent times. It was reported that the battery used by the Vodafone is polluting the environment and is also having a critical effect on the market. This was an issue of greater magnitude in the form that the ethical standards of a big company such as Vodafone were in question. A lot was at stake for the company and though the mistake was from the suppliers’ end, it had been supplying batteries below standard.
There have been many issues surrounding the faulty battery in use. The most important mistake made by the company is not having proper control over its supply chain. If the company would have tested the battery and checked for the authenticity of the battery, such risk would have been avoided. The incident took a hit on the sales of the company. There were employees put to question their inability to find the mistake in the system and report to the company. Being a very sensitive issue for the company who has been growing over its ethical value, Vodafone has been very effective in creating value for itself in the market. Moreover, the operation process makes it easy for the company to gain the confidence of the customers (Laliberté, Williams–Jones, Feldman & Hunt, 2017). The company assigned an active employee to take the control of the situation and maintain the quality of the supplies that come to the company. There were vigorous tests done and actions taken against suppliers for not maintaining the prescribed guidelines and creating equipments below standard.
The major objective is resolving the issue and to create greater control over their supply chain. A supply chain management system can create a long-lasting effect on the company, so that the overlapping management skills are avoided. This may avoid such damage to the company's image in particular. There have been measures that have been taken. Additional strategies are required to be implemented to change several issues within the company's recent performance in the ethical standard. Therefore, various authenticities of the products and service delivery by the company in the market improve.
Issues in ethical challenge
Maintaining a proper standard of ethics in the operating system is vital for the company. Therefore, there are several parameters that the company should keep in mind while operating in the real-world environment. The important thing for companies operating in different countries is to understand the ethical standard for each country. This ensures that the way of working should also be different in these countries.
For companies like Vodafone which is a multinational company, it is necessary for them to review the standards of working conditions and the ethics of the operating system in place. This is implemented so that it matches with the regional rules, regulations and ethical considerations. There must be a good plan and well-designed system that would help in the smooth operation of business keeping in mind the regional law and acceptable standards (Wilson, Kenny & Dickson-Swift, 2018). This is required to be followed by the proper working conditions of the employees and the facilities needed should be provided from the company's end to the employees. Further, good leadership along with setting ethics for the company and the employees shall be considered a top priority for the company.
The other thing is the compensation of the employees. It shall be considered unethical if the company compensates the employee above or below the standard they deserve. It is very crucial so that the company must understand while implementing such policies; it is considered that employees with higher motivation level work better for the company. It is also to be noted that there is an...