Exploring an Ethical Dilemma: Balancing Morals and Work in Business Organizations

Ethical Dilemma

Contents
Part A...............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Ethical Dilemma..............................................................................................................................3
Justification of Ethical Dilemma.....................................................................................................4
Ethical Solution...............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
Part B...............................................................................................................................................8
Appendix A......................................................................................................................................8
Appendix B - Boris’s Case............................................................................................................10
Appendix C....................................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................12

Part A
Introduction
All the human beings are driven by some kind of morals that they have either established for
themselves or are expected out of them, being a social animal (Fernando, 2010). Similar is the
case with people working in business organizations. All the people who work in an organization,
be it the managers or the subordinates face a complex issue, which usually results in a decision to
be taken which are against morals of a person. In other words, it can be termed as a moral
dilemma that a person faces while at work and he has to choose from two situations in which
either of the chosen situation might have an adverse impact on the parties involved (Casselbury,
2018). The main objective behind this essay is to elaborate one situation that happened in the
past, which landed me in an ethical dilemma. Also, this essay evaluates the solutions that I took
in the past to overcome the situation of an ethical dilemma and the other alternatives that could
have been taken by me in the given situation.
Ethical Dilemma
This essay discusses a situation that happened with me in the past, where I had been subjected to
a moral dilemma. The situation arose when I had been working on a project that involved some
sort of technical modifications in the mobile phones. The significance of the project was quite
high, as after the accomplishment of the project successfully, a promotion was promised to any
one of us working in the project team. The team had three members including me. Out of the
other two members, one of them possessed the actual qualifications that were necessary for the
purpose of completing the project successfully. The other member of the team did not have any
experience of handling projects which were undertaken on a large scale previously. He was there

on the team only because he was a close relative of the company’s CEO. He was proving to be a
hurdle than help in successful completion of the project because he was not able to provide any
inputs and kept on dominating us based on his terms with the CEO.
He also asked me separately to give him equal credits in the success of the project even though
there was no fruitful input from his side, and in return, he told me that he would ask the CEO
directly to promote me. Hence, this situation subjected me to the ethical dilemma that whether I
should tell the other member as well as the CEO of the company about the offer he has given me
or remain silent about the entire issue and accept the deal that he is offering me.
Both the situations possessed their own advantages as well as disadvantages for me. One
situation involved the decision of accepting the offer made by the relative of the CEO and the
decision ensured that I would get the promotion on the successful completion of the project. The
other decision involved reporting about this offer to the CEO of the company, as this type of
behavior by the other team member was unethical. Not reporting the matter to the CEO would
make me unprofessional and this would be unethical on my part(Bottoni, 2010). However, if I
did not accept the offer, the chance of getting a promotion would be half and there is also a
possibility that he being at a powerful position might create a negative image of me in the eyes of
the CEO. Also, if I keep the ethics as a top priority, I would gain appreciation from the seniors
and management and this would increase the chances of me getting a promotion.
Justification of Ethical Dilemma
This particular situation that was faced by me can be said to be a consequentialist ethical
dilemma that is required to be evaluated based on the future consequences of the decisions that I
take in this matter(Driver, 2011). There can be two possible ways in which the situation can be