Reference no: EM132848220

Scenario:

Georgina is contracted by a Web design consultancy company to interview their staff to ascertain their current knowledge. The aim of the study is to inform the company about the type of training courses they need to implement. The aim of the study therefore is to highlight areas of overall weakness as opposed to individual shortcomings. Despite this, the type of data collected will be able to identify individual weaknesses. Georgina advised all interviewees that all information gathered from interviewees would remain private. Following the study, the Senior Vice President of the company, Gopal approaches Georgina and asks: "Who did well and who didn't in this study?" Georgina refuses to answer Gopal's question on privacy grounds. In his response, Gopal implies that Georgina won't get another contract with the company if she continues to "hold out on him".

1. What were the most important professional ethics issues/dilemmas for you in your scenario? (Reference at least two core issues)

2. What do you believe are the most appropriate decisions to be made here for management, organisation and employees?

3. Who is responsible for taking what action here and why? (Name names!)

4. What can be done, or what strategies can be implemented to ensure that a similar situation does not occur again?

5. What did you learn from reading this scenario?