Damned if you do;Damned if you don’t

Garrett LoweKatie MacDonaldMolly MacDonald

March 26th 2012

Overview Fran Gillis worked 15 years with the

Thompson Grocery Company. Fran was offered a job position at a National

Drugstore company as vice president and regional manager.

Requested a good friend and colleague, Ken to write a reference and keep it a secret she was looking at a new job.

Another colleague, Jennifer Chung approached Fran with disturbing news of being sexually harassed at work by Ken.

Q. #1Analyze Fran’s situation in a purely legal sense.

A form of sexual harassment has been taken place within the Thompson Grocery Company’s chain

Protect employees . Legal obligation as a supervisor to

report the sexual harassment in the workplace.

Possibility of this being untrue.

Q.#2Analyze Fran’s dilemma in political terms

Fran is put in a dilemma where she must make a choice to be a faithful employee, or use this new information against Ken to her advantage.

Q. #3Analyze Fran’s situation in an ethical sense. What is the

ethically right thing for her to do?

Fran should do what is right for the employee, person being accused and for the company over and above her own needs and position .

Is that also the politically right thing to do?

This is the politically correct thing for her to do- follow the company rules and regulations to ensure that the work place meets standards.

Q. #4If you were Fran, what would you do?

If I were Fran I would do the politically and ethically correct thing

Questions?