Unethical Behavior That Would Be Likely to Occur
One type of unethical behavior is hiring personnel for a particular position and discriminating because of age or lack of a college degree. A person's age or lack of having a college degree does not quality or disqualify a person in actually working and caring out the expected role of the job. Job requirements should be written out but expanded on by exceptions. The age of a person and years of experience adds extended qualities for the business. Even though an educational degree is of importance, there is a lot to be said for the older and more experienced employee. A way of not discriminating a potential employee is by writing a more detailed job description. For example, requirements could require a college degree or four years experience in selling. A person right out of college without previous selling experience could not have the same qualifications as an older adult with years of selling experience. However, different ages and experience make up for a good marketing mix. An internal check of the applicant's qualifications and another interview by someone other than the personnel officer would be a way of checking against discrimination.
A second type of unethical behavior is false advertising. An example of this is by advertising a particular model of a car for a certain price and not having it at the dealership when a potential customer comes in. All advertisements are approved by the manager but there could be some dishonesty if the manager was not doing their part in keeping things honest. To avoid this type of unethical behavior from happening there could be internal and external checks. If a customer goes to buy a particular car that has been advertised for a low price and it is not there, the dealership should have to prove the car has been sold to an authority. In other words, give proof of their actions. Sometimes the cu
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