Jose Miguel Vienes Mr.

Pascual Abrazaldo
BSBA-311
07 Activity 1

Ethical Issues and Problems in Corporate World

Direction: Analyze the following scenarios and answer the given questions.

Case 1: Not Taking “No” for an Answer

Nadine’s coworker James has been through a break-up. He drops comments on a few
occasions that he is lonely and needs to find a new girlfriend.
Nadine and James have been friendly in the past and have had lunch together in local
restaurants on many occasions. James asks Nadine to go on a date with him. Nadine likes
James and agrees to go out with him.
Nadine enjoys her date with James but decided that a relationship is not a good idea. She
thanks James for a nice time but explains that she does not want to have a relationship with
him.
James waits two weeks and then starts pressuring Nadine for more dates. She refuses, but
James does not stop. He keeps asking her to go out with him.
 When James first asked Nadine for a date, is this an act of sexual harassment?
No, it is not a sexual harassment, because James drops a comment for a few times about he is
looking for a new girlfriend and James asked Nadine, a co-worker, for a date is not considered
as sexual harassment. Even if Nadine had turned Ralph down on their first date, James had
done nothing wrong by asking for a date and by making occasional comments that are not
sexually specific about his personal life.
 
 Nadine cannot complain of sexual harassment because she went on a date with James.
True or False?
False, because it is an act of being friendly, or going on a date, or even having a previous
relationship based on the scenario with a co-worker does not mean that a co-worker has a right
to act as James did toward Nadine. Nadine should continue working with James, also James
must respect Nadine’s requests and not engage in actions shown towards on her, on that point
it will become unacceptable for the workplace.
 
Nadine complains to her supervisor, and the supervisor (as required) reports her complaint to
the person designated by her employer to receive complaints. James is questioned about his
behavior, and he apologizes. He is instructed by the designated person to stop. James stops for
a while but then starts leaving little gifts for Nadine on her desks with accompanying love notes.
The love notes are not overtly offensive, but James’ behavior is starting to make Nadine
nervous, as she is afraid, he may start stalking her.
  Should Nadine report James’ behavior? True or False?
True, because Nadine must report James behavior/actions shown towards Nadine. Nadine
could have effective support in making James to stop the improper workplace behavior that
Nadine feels uncomfortable. Because James has sent to harassing Nadine after being told to
stop his unusual behavior, James could be subject to serious disciplinary action for his improper
behavior.

Case 2: Just Mike

Mike was required to perform a job which involved conducting some drain digging. Mike was
onsite with several other employees of the business. The first thing that Mike did was to
determine the position of the existing pipework.
It is a normal industry practice for Mike to dig a few potholes to determine where the existing
pipe is located. The practice involves digging several pot-holes close to the length of the
proposed ditch to be dug to determine the position of the existing pipes.
Mike followed proper procedure and directed the other employees to commence digging the
ditch. Towards the end of the job, the machine struck a portion of the existing pipe.
It struck the portion of the pipe because of an unforeseen bend in its position, which was not
noticed during the standard pre-work check.
The pipe did not break fully. Mike called his supervisor to advise what has occurred. Moments
later, Mike received a call from the owner of the business. The owner was yelling at Mike and
was furious about what occurred.
Mike tried to explain to the owner how the accident occurred, and that proper procedure was
followed. The owner was merely dismissive of the reasons Mike gave him.
Mike then assisted other employees to repair the damage to the pipe.
That afternoon, Mike went back to the workshop and was told that his employment had been
terminated. Mike’s supervisor had a termination letter in hand that he gave to Mike.
Mike did not even have an opportunity to advise his employer what had occurred.
 Is Mike illegally dismissed from work? True or False?
False, because Mike was not given an opportunity to provide his reasons on the accident
happened before his employer made a final decision to terminate his employment and had
worked the minimum time and met the other criteria required to an unfair dismissal claim. If Mike
had not met these criteria, then Mike would not have a right to file or report an unfair dismissal
complaint and would have options to what happened.  If Mike have ever given a claim of
wrongdoing, Mike should be given an opportunity to respond, and must be given a chance to
put up their story of what happened. Another thing is the employer of Mike should avoid skip
into decisions without having undertaken a complete investigation, and another thing that the
termination of Mike was unfair because Mike did not do anything wrong in which he follow all the
procedures in his workplace. And the pipe was not break fully after that he assisted the other
employees to repair the damage. And due to the scenario happen Mike’s employer yelled at him
and given a terminated letter which is wrong because Mike was properly followed all the
procedures. And Mike was entitled an unfair dismissal.
Case 3: Gerald’s Priority
Gerald is a full-time IT professor at the University of Ghosting. He has been doing a side job as
an IT Consultant for profit at ABS-GMA.
Responding to a request from ABS-GMA, he received permission from the University to offer
the consultancy every Wednesday afternoon.
Gerald, then signed documents regarding his side job and promised the University that he will
never abandon his primary work as an IT professor.
The ABS-GMA offered a competitive salary to Gerald even though the job is only temporary.
Due to complications on work schedules, Gerald began to frequently change his class schedule
at the University. He ended up giving priority to his side job, canceling classes, and missing staff
and committee meetings at the University.
 Gerald is now facing a conflict of interest. True or False?
True, because Gerald have complications on his work schedule, which he was a full time IT
professor and another thing that conflict risen is, the offer of ABS-GMA to sign the documents in
handling a side job which as a consultant for the company and another thing that Gerald ended
up the priorities also the class schedule was change and conflicts is the salary on his side job
which it differs from his full-time job and it will affects his decision-making whether it can be
unbiased. The conflict can be a real challenge for Gerald in dealing with his full-time and side
job and the first thing Gerald should do in resolving the conflicts is important because, it can
lead to decreased productivity, increased stress for him and the dissatisfaction on his work.
There are things/solution to overcome or avoid them, it is to avoid them in the first place. Do
not accept roles and responsibilities that are incompatible with your existing interests. aware
of your roles and responsibilities. By acknowledging your position and interests, it must
cement the commitments to uphold certain beliefs. So, Gerald needs to know how to address
it. Look at some ways that Gerald can deal with conflicts of interest in the workplace.