0 For this discussion board: Apply Dr. Mintz's 3 step approach to ethical decision making to the following situation and determine what you should do. (Found under "A Model for Ethical Decision Making".) You are a mid-level manager in a company. You have 5 employees that work directly below you. Your boss, Mr. Smith, has 10 mid-level managers that he supervises. Your office is extremely busy and there is always more work to do than can be done in the day. Most days you have a difficult time keeping up with the tasks at hand, in addition to checking on your subordinates. For the most part, your office runs smoothly. Almost all of your employees have a good attitude and do their work without being checked on. Due to increased duties on of your employees, Ms. Jones, was moved out from under your supervision and into another office where more help was needed. Ms. Jones and her new supervisor, Ms. Branch, did not get along. Ms. Jones felt that Ms. Branch did not provide adequate direction for her new duties and was always absent when she was needed. Ms. Branch knew of Ms. Jones from a previous job and held a grudge because they were not part of the same office clique. Anytime an issue would arise, Ms. Branch would immediately tell her supervisor Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith would always side with Ms. Branch, regardless of the situation, and Ms. Jones would be reprimanded. Due to increased duties on of your employees, Ms. Jones, was moved out from under your supervision and into another office where more help was needed. Ms. Jones and her new supervisor, Ms. Branch, did not get along. Ms. Jones felt that Ms. Branch did not provide adequate direction for her new duties and was always absent when she was needed. Ms. Branch knew of Ms. Jones from a previous job and held a grudge because they were not part of the same office clique. Anytime an issue would arise, Ms. Branch would immediately tell her supervisor Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith would always side with Ms. Branch, regardless of the situation, and Ms. Jones would be reprimanded. After months of issues, Ms. Jones was moved back under supervision, in order to try to "fix" the situation. However, by the time that Ms. Jones was moved back, the damage had already been done. She no longer felt valued or that she could trust management. In addition, due to the past months, your boss has decided to make it his personal mission "to make Ms. Jones either be a good employee or quit." He now places the responsibility on you to give Ms. Jones very specific tasks and time lines for projects and then report to him every mistake or error that Ms. Jones makes. Ms. Jones, on the other hand, puts forward little effort into the tasks she is assigned since she now believes she will get in trouble no matter what she does. Although you do your best to play "the middleman" and make both your boss and Ms. Jones happy, the situation only continues to worsen, Human Resources gets involved and you now have to decide what you will tell them and how you will handle the situation. Your boss has made it clear that Ms. Branch will support him during the process and they will present a united front that shows they were "good" managers and did not have a personal vendetta against Mul ones. Ms. ones has made it a her new duties and was always absent when she was needed. Ms. Branch knew of Ms. Jones from a previous job and held a grudge because they were not part of the same office clique. Anytime an issue would arise, Ms. Branch would immediately tell her supervisor Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith would always side with Ms. Branch, regardless of the situation, and Ms. Jones would be reprimanded. After months of issues, Ms. Jones was moved back under supervision, in order to try to "fix" the situation. However, by the time that Ms. Jones was moved back, the damage had already been done. She no longer felt valued or that she could trust management. In addition, due to the past months, your boss has decided to make it his personal mission "to make Ms. Jones either be a good employee or quit." He now places the responsibility on you to give Ms. Jones very specific tasks and time lines for projects and then report to him every mistake or error that Ms. Jones makes. Ms. Jones, on the other hand, puts forward little effort into the tasks she is assigned since she now believes she will get in trouble no matter what she does. Although you do your best to play "the middleman" and make both your boss and Ms. Jones happy, the situation only continues to worsen. Human Resources gets involved and you now have to decide what you will tell them and how you will handle the situation. Your boss has made it clear that Ms. Branch will support him during the process and they will present a united front that shows they were "good" managers and did not have a personal vendetta against Ms. Jones. Ms. Jones has made it clear that she believes you are her friend and will stick up for her even if she hasn't been the best employee. You are scared that regardless of the outcome, one or more of the parties involved will retaliate against you. What do you do