Unethical Behavior At T, Cox Cable, Directtv And Comcast

In the world today, when you hear the words ATT, Cox Cable, DirectTV and Comcast the first thing that would typically come to mind is enjoying sports and family television. Often time’s customers don’t really know into the weeds of a company until something goes wrong. A consumer may find interest in the event they have bought stocks into a company and they see it all fall. Companies such as this service millions and millions of people all over the world. It is sad to know that some of these organizations while looking squared away on the inside have such serious ethical issues going on or that went on within their organization. The last thing a customer wants to do is tune into the t.v. and find out that one of their providers was†¦show more content†¦A quick growing company, gaining well over a couple million subscribers, in the eyes of many Adelphia Communication Corporation seemed to be headed to lead the industry very soon. In what seems to be the early 2 000s, this is for Americans, this company and the world things drastically changed due to unethical behavior from some of the company’s top leaders within the organization. What will be revealed in this case study below, many people would not believe that all this happen over the course of a short time and how far people will go to gain what they believe is â€Å"success† at any cost. Introduction In this case study we were asked to draw upon deontological ethics, and briefly discuss how Adelphia Communications’ executives violated the trust of the company’s shareholders and the trust of that of the larger public. Throughout this paper I will highlight two key ethical problems that were raised by the Adelphia Communications case. Utilizing Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative, â€Å"deontological ethics† or so duty rights will be shared. Then I will apply the deontological framework of business ethics to the two key ethical problems that will be identified. Finally Kant’s Categorical Imperative will be applied to those two ethical problems as well. Adelphia Communication scandal/ethical problems In the March of the early 2000s, Adelphia officials was charged with stealing on what could be classified as a â€Å"grand scale† event. Around that same time, the company