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Case 2: Anne is an established electrical engineer at Onerous, a computer hardware company. Not a stranger to incidences of favoritism the company, Anne recently encountered a particularly unfavorable involving a few of her close co-workers. Two employees, who had been newly hired, were given visible roles in a prominent project. Upon the project\'s successful completion, the new-hires were given generous promotions by management. C other hand, Anne\'s co-workers were asked to play supporting roles in the project, and were not given an special recognition (i.e., promotions) for their work. n the Anne\'s non-confrontational co-workers were angry and came to Anne for advice since they kn had broad professional experience. They told her that they were going to leave the company if management did not stop playing favorites. ew she Although strongly inclined to bring this matter up to her manager, Anne felt like doing so would be futile beca use her manager is stubborn and inflexible. How should Anne deal with this situation?

Solution

The relevant facts in this case are that there is a case of favoritism in Onerous, a computer hardware company where Anne works. She has encountered this in close quarters wherein several of her co-workers and their contribution in a prominent project was ignored and instead recently hired employees were given prominent roles and promoted on the successful completion of the project. When Anne co-workers approached her for her advice, she is in a dilemma as she wants to take up the issue with her manager but also feels that her manager is inflexible and nothing good will come out of the interaction.

The ethical issue facing Anne is whether she would risk her rapport and relationship with her manager in taking up the issue with her manager knowing fully well that she is inflexible and also that her co-workers have been wronged.

The primary stakeholders in this case are Anne, her co-workers and the manager.

The alternatives, their ethical issue and the practical constraints are as below:

The most practical option in this case is to gather proof of discrimination and then approach management to ensure correction of the actions.