Ethical Dilemma: Case Study 5

ETHICAL DILEMMA 1
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Case Study 5
The case involves IInaz a 22-year-old female originally from Iran. This implies that the lady is
from a culture that is different as compared to the culture of the company she operates with.
After she is awarded the job opportunity, the working conditions where she is expected to work
alongside Mark a male employee makes the whole working arrangement complicated. The
situation ends up unfolding to an ethical dilemma case where according to her culture she cannot
stay in an isolated room of place with a man who is not her husband (LaRossa, and Bennett,
2018). While on the other hand this also becomes a major issue of concern to her husband. For
this case it is important to pick the best suited methodology to help IInaz resolve the dilemma.
According to Thomas white, such a situation requires a number of steps to get it resolved. These
steps are namely the analysis of the consequences, the next step being thee analysis of the actions
to be taken (Donaldson, 2016). Finally, the last step is the decision-making.
IInaz has the option of approaching the boss and requesting for different a working arrangement
that would cost her the job. According to the ACS code of Professional conduct, under the
competence value, IInaz will be failing to accept responsibility which got her the current job
position (Barry et al., 2014). This action may yield different outcomes such as her also getting
another employee assigned with her for the project although we have no idea of the possibility of
this to happen. The other course of action would be confronting her husband and specifically
address the nature of work that they will be working on. In this case she may utilize the code of
ethics on professionalism where respect of each other’s within the working environment is
maintained and relations within the working environments kept professional behavior
(Burmeister, 2010). This action may also end up bring family disagreements in the process while