Ethical Dilemmas

You have overheard a conversation between your manager and the manager of a

department in which your best friend is employed. From this conversation, it is apparent that your friend is not pleasing her manager and she will definitely be passed over for the promotion she badly wants. You do not want to see her hurt, and you happen to know she has a job offer from another group within your organization. Should you tell her about the conversation and urge her to take the new offer? Should you remain silent because of the manner in which you heard the information? Should you go to your boss and tell him that you accidentally overheard the conversation and are concerned because your friend might turn down a good job offer? Should you urge your friend to confront her boss? You have other options. What would you do? What should you do?

Are the behaviors you would do and should do always the same?

If they were different, what caused the difference?

If they are the same, what contributed to the similarities?

Use concepts in Chapter 4 to identify standards or values you used as your criteria to make a decision. Your response should be at least one page in length. To complete this assignment, a minimum one (1) reputable source (such as the course textbook) must be cited and referenced in APA style to support your own ideas.

Course Textbook  

Shockley-Zalabak, P. S. (2015). Fundamentals of organizational communication: Knowledge, sensitivity, skills, values (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.