Your supervisor reports back to you and states in no uncertain terms that you must give three of your five
employees negative, career-damaging appraisals. Your supervisor specifically comments that "certain"
employees you supervise are not well-liked by the regional manager and that is imperative that they
receive blame for this security breach and PR disaster. If you refuse, you could face ramifications that
include demotion and or loss of a job.
To complete this essay, answer the following questions:
Why would this be an ethical issue? What ethical theories are implicated or violated here, or perhaps
endorsed? Specifically, how does egoism relate to this situation?
Whose conduct would you deem unethical?
Who are the stakeholders? Who is hurt and who is helped in this situation?
If you blow the whistle, could you lose the job you have?
Name two things you can do to remedy the situation. What are the potential consequences? Ethically, what
should you do, according to the ethical theories you’ve considered?
A strong essay on this topic will be about 500-600 words in length and will include evidence from reliable
sources that supports your conclusions
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