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Realistic vs. Unrealistic Decision making process with snap shot of health care Ethical standards are a normal part of conducting business, because organizational communication is addressed to an audience, whose beliefs, biases, goals, and perceptions of the communicators impose constraints on their action and employees are expected to submit to these constraints. Organizations make value judgments about what constitutes appropriate behavior to meet their goals. In the case of government contracting, the ethical standards for reporting and billing are imposed on the contractor's existing standards. For key Sundstrand employees, what was "acceptable" behavior ultimately differed from the government's standard and was labeled fraudulent activity. There were several reasons for misconduct. First, competitive pressures to make a profit can cause steps to be taken to avoid "giving away the store," even though ethical boundaries may be. Second, government standards were sufficiently ambiguous to allow contractors latitude in completing a project. Third,...

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