MGT 567

Legal and Ethical Responsibilities Paper Imagine you are the VP of Human Resources of a medium-sized, privately heldmanufacturing company. Sales and profits have dropped sharply because of adownturn in the economy. The company owner wants you to take immediateaction to reduce incentive payments for salespeople and implement a month-longlayoff for all production workers. He does not want to affect managementemployees in any way. Although his requests are within the letter of the law, theydo not seem to be ethical in your opinion... Compose a memo of no more than 900 words to the owner outlining your concerns and emphasizing the difference between legal and ethicalresponsibilities.