Assume you are working as manager of women’s clothing in a large department store. You observe the manager of equivalent rank for men’s clothing performing poorly in that she arrives late for work, keeps records ineptly, and is rude to customers. Her work, however, has no direct impact on your department.

a. Do you have any responsibility either to help her or to report her poor performance? Explain.

b. If the store as a whole performs poorly, but you have performed well, do you bear any personal responsibility for the store’s failure in that you confined your efforts exclusively to your own department even though you witnessed mismanagement in the men’s clothing department? Explain.