Case Study: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Network Engineer Hiring

This essay presents a case study involving the ethical considerations in hiring a network engineer. It identifies the ethical issues, including balancing cost-cutting measures with the qualifications and potential of candidates. The essay explores the dilemma of choosing between a local, experienced candidate, a younger local woman requiring training, and an Indian candidate with superior qualifications but visa issues. Stakeholders such as the CFO, HR department, and employees are identified, and their concerns are addressed. The analysis compares three alternative hiring options, weighing the pros and cons of each, and justifies the selection of the local Arabic man with more experience as the most ethical choice due to lower training costs and no visa complications. The essay concludes by referencing relevant literature on ethical leadership and decision-making.

Running head: ETHICAL DILEMMA
Ethical Dilemma
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Step 1: Identification of the ethical issues? What is the Ethical Question?
There are various ethical issues related to this particular case for hiring a new network
engineer. First and foremost all the candidates who fitted for the job had problems, from their
end of the organisation's end (Shapiro and Stefkovich 2016). Thus, the ethical question that
can be formulated from this is, "Which of these candidates would be the most eligible and
ethically selected for the post of a network engineer?"
Step 2: Gathering of relevant information, a) known and b) unknown
Out of all the information that has been gathered from the organization so far has been
the way that the company wants to cut down its cost as there is just one woman employee
every tens of the males.
The unknown issue or information in this case is the capability that the age of the
shortlisted woman would certainly pose for the betterment of the company.
Step 3: Identification of the affected stakeholders. Identify the concerns of each
stakeholder
The stakeholders that are mostly involved with this issue and would be the most
affected by the outcomes would be the Chief Financial Officer or the CFO, the person in
charge of the HR department in hiring the people, and the employees within the organisation
since the company is thinking about cutting down the costs (Sparks, Collins and Kearns
2016).
The outcome of this entire case would affect all the stakeholders in different way. The
chief financial officer would be able to put up with good financial idea for the entire year
after the hiring process is completed feasibly along with all the employee should be benefited
when the company would run effectively.
Step 4: List of 3 available alternatives listing the pros and cons for each
1. The local man with the most experience and fluent in both English and Arabic can
be hired as the new network engineer. Since the person is experience, he would not take up
trainings causing the company with enhanced training costs.

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2. The local woman who is younger in age can be hired, as she is young enough to
learn everything that would be train to her but then it would also increase the cost of training
for the organisation that is more focused right now on reducing costs.
3. The Indian man can also be hired who has better qualification than all of the three
candidates. He would be a feasible choice however since he has visa issues it is not sure how
will it come back for the organisation as a benefit.
Step 5: Comparison and weighting the alternatives with justification
Comparing all the three cases about the alternative plans it can be justified that
ethically the local Arabic men with more experience can be hired as the new network
engineer since he does not fit the bill in experience and qualifications but also the company
would not have to spend much more to train him further. He would not even have visa issues
which is an added advantage.

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References
Shapiro, J.P. and Stefkovich, J.A., 2016. Ethical leadership and decision making in education:
Applying theoretical perspectives to complex dilemmas. Routledge.
Sparks, H., Collins, F.L. and Kearns, R., 2016. Reflecting on the risks and ethical dilemmas
of digital research. Geoforum, 77, pp.40-46.