Question

ABC Corporation is considering making organizational changes. They have decided to take an action research approach. Management intends on requiring employees to participate in the research, instead of leaving it open to volunteers. What is the ethical concern with this activity

Answer 1

Answer:

The ethical concern is if the are free to answer or if they would feel pressed to decide.

Explanation:

Any organizational change involves changing the work environment or even the people that is working.

Asking the employees won't give an honest answer because the fear of loosing their work and so the research won't reflect the reality of the environment and the changes that would result from this research won't have the results that the corporation wants.