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Conflict of Interest

Conflict of Interest

Q QUESTIONS 1. A conflict of interest exists when an individual must choose whether to advance his or her own interests, those of the organization, or those of some other group. In a business context, customers, investors and shareholders, employees, suppliers, government agencies, communities, and others who have a “stake” or claim in some aspect of a company’s products, operations, markets, industry, and outcomes are known as stakeholders. Identify the conflict of interest in this scenario and discuss how this conflict of interest affects other salespeople, the organizational culture, and other stakeholders. 2. An ethical dilemma is a problem, situation, or opportunity that requires an individual, group, or organization to choose among several actions that have negative outcomes. Identify Jayla's ethical dilemma (e.g., Whether Jayla should...[choice]...because/when doing so will result in [outcome]) . Identify and and describe at least three (3) decisional choices that Jayla can make to resolve her ethical dilemma. What are the potential ramifications for each of these decisional choices described? 3. How should Jayla resolve her ethical dilemma? Pick one of the choices from the previous response. Explain why this is the best choice for Jayla. Is this a choice you would make? Explain. Cite your sources

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. The conflict of interests can be there if an individual select another individual from the same organization based on his or her own interest. This kind of behavior can affect the other sales people of the organization as the other employees will be affected financially. The other salespeople are not getting the good clients, therefore, they cannot get the opportunity to strengthen their sale numbers. In this way the other salespeople are feeling demotivated and take the sales number as burden on them as they are not earning according to their expectation.