Reference no: EM133097988

CASE 1:

After completing the Summer internship in a well reputed organization right after graduation, Nazia gets an opportunity to join that organization full time as a marketing executive. She loves her work and tries to perform her duties with dedication. She is energetic and social. She has established very strong relationships with her co-workers. The workplace encourages and allows interns and newly appointed employees to interact with the upper management including Directors to keep the environment friendly.

Nazia notices that one of the Directors has started paying extra attention to her. The different kind of behavior by the Director can only be seen with Nazia. He also approaches Nazia through social networking sites. Besides this, he sends friendly messages and jokes to her via mobile phone. He has invited Nazia to his home many times for a party. Some of the co-workers have started passing comments to Nazia about the extra care and attention paid by him.

Although, the Director has not done or said anything explicitly inappropriate but noticing by the coworkers, comments and working with him making Nazia uncomfortable. At the time of hiring she was told to report her manager if she feels any difficulty and issues. Nazia is afraid to make a complain in writing as he has not done explicitly wrong with her. Nazia is quite satisfied with the office environment and salary offered to her. She expects promotion and grooming in the future and any action against the Director could put her in trouble surviving in the same organization.

Question:

1. What kind of ethical issues was presented on the given scenario?
2. What kind of action should Nazia take against the Director?
3. If you are the supervisor of Nazia, what actions can you do to help Nazia with her problem?

CASE 2:

Kelly works for an auditor who sent her to a half-day of ethics training where she learned to keep clients' information strictly confidential, to steer clear of conflicts of interest with clients, and to refuse gifts of any value from clients. Lately, she has noticed that her boss has joined clients at golf outings at very luxurious golf resorts - and that he has not reported any expenses on his expense reports. He has also received expensive bottles of wine from other clients he says are "old friends." Kelly has never seen him return any of the bottles, which is what the company's ethics policies direct.

Question:

1. What kind of ethical issues was presented on the given scenario?

2. Should Kelly do anything about this? If so, what are the actions she may do?

3. If you are the committee handling this case what actions will you do to resolve the problem?