Management Planning and Ethics
At MTCo engineering challenges are often complicated by public concerns, sensitive
political issues, and questions that lie outside the scope of traditional engineering. They
broaden their view to encompass the people and processes that determine ultimate success.
Through clear and open communication, we bring all parties together, determine the best
course, and deliver projects on time, under budget, and to our clients wholehearted
satisfaction. MTCo has been around sense 1927; this is a growing company with 7 offices
in northern California and about 200 employees. MTCo serve Northern and Central
California from the firms San Jose headquarters and through branch offices in Alameda,
Contra Costa, Monterey, Sacramento, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties everyone who
works for MTCo pretty much knows what is happening with the company. Each week
there is a meeting with the office manager and all the employees all current projects are
discussed and is figured out where help may be needed from the various engineers and or
office staff. MTCo has a monthly meetings at this meetings it discussed how the company
is doing, ranging from how profitable the company is, how much debt is being carried and
it is discussed about changes being made within the company or benefits. The President of
the company truly believes in the motto that this is an employee owned company and runs
the company that way. Management works very closely with all employees within the
branch but also with other offices located in other cities.
Most employees dont give company assets a second thought until someone has abused the
company car, credit card or abused any type of company property. At MTCo, when an
employee is given a company car, a credit card or an expense account they most sign a
form that HR provides stating they will not abuse these privileges. If they do abuse these
privileges, it is grounds for termination and they well are regard to pay the monetary
damages back. Employees must understand that ethical behavior is demonstrated in not
only in how they act toward others but also in how they treatproperty that doesnt belong to
them. The key to success is understanding who owns what and what boundaries exist for
its use. Something we are taught as children is “treat other peoples property as if it were
your own.” Why doesnt this lesson seem to transfer to the companys property where we
work? Damaging company property or stealing from the company is grounds for
