Examples
of Ethical Dilemmas
Accounting:
Your
supervisor enters your office and asks you for a check for $150.00 for expenses
he tells you he incurred entertaining a client last night. He submits receipts
from a restaurant and lounge. At lunch your supervisor’s girlfriend stops by to
pick him up for lunch and you overhear her telling the receptionist what a
great time she
had
at dinner and dancing with your supervisor the night before.What do you do?
Bank
Teller:
You
have worked as a bank teller for several months when one of the other tellers
who has become a good friend tells you that her daughter is extremely ill and
that see must have an operation to survive. She also tells you that she has no
insurance and the operation will cost $10,000. Sometime later you ask her about
her
daughter
and she tells you she is just fine now. She then confides in you that she took
$10,000.00 from a dormant account at the bank to pay for the operation. She
assures you that she has already started paying it back and will continue to do
so until it is all returned.
What
do you do?
Computers:
In
your spare time at work, you have developed a new spreadsheet program on the
personal computer in your office. It is even more powerful, yet easier to sue
than anything on the market. You share your new program with a friend who
encourages you to market it on your own because you could probably make an
incredible
profit in a very short time. This is a very attractive option, yet you
developed it using company equipment and during time that you were at work.
What
do you do?
Journalism/Advertising
Your
newspaper has published a report on a national study, which concluded that bottled water has virtually no health
advantages over the tap water in more cities, including yours. The study
included comments from local health storeowners and water distributors challenging
the study. The AquaPure Bottled Water Company,
advertising
account worth over $75,000. a year, has threatened to pull its account with
your newspaper unless you run another story of equal prominence, focusing on
the benefits of bottled water.
What
do you do?
Law
Enforcement
You
are a rookie officer assigned to a training officer for the first six months of
your employment. The training officer is a 20-year veteran and is a close
friend of the Assistant Chief of Police and the brother-in-law of the Watch
Commander. The third day that you are working with him you respond to a
burglary call at a
local
convenience store. It is 2:30 am and the manager has been notified. You are
directed to wait 30-35 minutes for his arrival. A short time later you observe
your partner take a soda, candy and a bag of chips. He consumes the soda and
chips. When the manager arrives, the two of you depart.
What,
if anything, should you do?
Personnel
Your
company has a firm policy regarding cases of theft of company property. Used
company equipment is on a table to be sold by bid each month. You see a valued
employee who is 2 months from retirement slip an electric drill from the table
and put it in his car before the day of the sale.
What
so you do?
Retailing
You
are the buyer for a retail-clothing store. Your store has a policy of not
accepting gifts. However, over the years, salesmen have offered, and other
employees have accepted lunch, theater and baseball tickets. You arrive home
from the office and find a new TV and DVD player on you doorstep with a note
that
says:
“A personal gift for out long standing friendship. Enjoy it with you family in
good health. The Jones Clothing Company”
What
do you do?
Teacher
You
have a student who is from a single parent family. The student must work to
attend college. However, the job is interfering with the student’s performance
and several assignments have not been turned in. You have determined that a “D”
is all the student can make when a counselor informs you that the student need
a “C” to
qualify
for an academic scholarship.’
What do you do?
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