Case Analysis

CASE ANALYSIS
This exercise tests your skills on validating your ideas, making
wise decision, and following a sequence of steps to achieve the
best decision. It helps you put your ideas together and see if
they make sense.

◼ DIRECTIONS: In 500 words or more, and using the I-CARE

Model of Argumentation, choose ONE of the three cases
given here by following logically and clearly the 5 steps in
Decision-making framework. The Case Analysis Rubric is
given in the next slide.
 CRITERIA for
CASE ANALYSIS
1. Clarity and Intelligibility (25%): Has the student stated and defended
her position clearly and intelligibly in a logically consistent manner
following the 5 steps of the Decision-Making Framework?

2. Depth and Substance (25%): Has the student identified and discussed
cogently the essential points and perspectives in the case at hand?

3. Ethical Relevance (25%): Has the student remained consistent with

his/her arguments and avoided some irrelevant concepts on the issue
at hand?

4. Deliberative Thoughtfulness (25%): Does the student indicate both

awareness and thoughtful consideration of different viewpoints,
including especially those that could loom large in the reasoning of
individuals who might disagree with his/her position?
 CASE 1:
On Propriety and Early Retirement
◼ Danilo Sy is 62 years old and has been with the company for 28 years. He is a jack-of-
all-trade type of person. Mr. Sy is quite set in his ways and somewhat eccentric. His
supervisor and other senior managers would like to see him retire or let him go, but his
performance meets the standards of the company in all respects and he has no interest
in early retirement. No one has been able to identify any deficiencies that would
warrant his discharge.

The senior manager in Mr. Sy’s department recently decided to create a work
environment for him that would make him uncomfortable that would ultimately make
him quit. The manager presented the idea to Mr. Sy’s immediate supervisor who
accepted the idea readily. Since then, they began to give Danilo difficult tasks, assigning
him to “graveyard” shifts. Younger employees with less experience and few years of
service were given better assignments and shifts. Mr. Sy appealed to change the decision
but was told by his manager that “the assignments have all been made; if you don’t like your
present assignment, then no one is stopping you to leave your post.” At this point in time, he
realized the there’s no legal union or employee problem-solving committee where he
could lodge an appeal.

If you were Mr. Sy, what would you do?

 CASE 2:
On Professional Indecency
Mr. Perez is a 45-year old decent janitor with a very good reputation in his
workplace. One evening while he was cleaning the corridor near the Office of the
Vice-president, he saw a pretty young woman hurriedly fixing her clothes as she
went out of the office. At this time, he just smiled and pretended he didn’t see
anything.
Weeks have passed; he encountered almost the same situation yet a younger
woman would come out of the VP office. Now he has some suspicion about
what’s happening inside the office. On the other hand, he was also skeptical about
it because he knew that this man, the Vice-president wouldn’t do such thing since
he’s a professed religious brother and a professor in Ethics and Moral Theology.
At this point, Mr. Perez even questions his hasty judgment about the Vice-
President.
However, his conscience can no longer take this indecency and lewdness about
the behavior of the brother when a young student came out of the VP’s office and
he saw them embrace and kiss each other, not knowing he was on the other side
of the door. He waited for the girl to come out of the school’s back gate, only to
find out that it was his 17-year old niece. If you were Mr. Perez, what would you do?
 Case # 3
On Gift-Giving
◼ Henry is in a position to influence the selection of
suppliers for the large volume of equipment that his firm
purchases each year. At Christmas time, he usually
receives small tokens from several salesmen ranging from
inexpensive ballpoint to a bottle of liquor. This year,
however, one salesman sends Henry a cash gift worth
P100,000.
◼ Should Henry accept the gift? If you were Henry, what
would you do?