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Q12. You are the manager of a spare parts company A and you have to negotiate a deal with the manager of a large manufacturing company B. The deal is highly competitive and sealing the deal is critical for your company. The deal is being worked out over dinner. After dinner the manager of manufacturing company B offered to drop you to the hotel in his car. On the way to the hotel he happens to hit a motorcycle injuring the motorcyclist badly. You know the manager was driving fast and thus lost control. The law enforcement officer comes to investigate the issue and you are the sole eyewitness to it. Knowing the strict laws pertaining to road accidents you are aware that your honest account of the incident would lead to the prosecution of the manager and as a consequence the deal is likely to be jeopardised, which is of immense importance to your company. What are the dilemmas you face? What will be your response to the situation? (250 Words, 20 Marks)
Tag: Case Study
Answer:
Case Summary:
The above case study is the ethical dilemma of self-interest/individual benefit, responsibility, intellectual integrity and negative consequences.
Stakeholders involved in the case:
- Manager of company A that is me and the company itself
- Manager of company B
- The motorcyclist
In the given situation following ethical dilemmas arise:
- Personal cost ethical dilemma:If I give an honest account of incidents to the investigating authorities, the critical deal will be lost for my company.
- Moral dilemma:If I do not report the incident, fearing the loss of deal, the defaulter will not be brought to book and the motorcyclist will not be assured justice, who is critically injured. My conscience would prick me in the long term for not taking the right action in pursuance of selfish interests.
- Legal dilemma:Not giving the correct account of an accident would also be legally wrong since an accident has taken place critically injuring a person.
My Response to the Situation:
- The situation involves the life of a person who has been critically injured and my personal interests regarding the deal, being at stake. There is also a legal dimension to it as the Manager of another company was over speeding that led to the accident.
- In this situation, I would cooperate with the investigating agency, giving the correct details of the accident and let law take its own course. This would affect the deal thereby affecting the interests of company but it would be unethical, illegal and immoral on my part to continue a deal with the person implicated for an accident for negligent driving and shield him from authorities, moreover, it would be wrong for the motorcyclist to be denied justice, who is critically injured despite being innocent.
- The growth of a company can be ensured by adhering to moral principles of truth, justice and moral uprightness, which need to be protected.
Thus, I would try to take the right path regardless of the economic consequences of this step. My action is based on the idea that the right to life takes precedence over any other issue.
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