1. As a manager, suppose you need to decide whether to hire a candidate with excellent qualifications for the position, but with a felony conviction in his or her background. What factors would you take into consideration to decide whether or not to hire this candidate?

2. Think of a case, or find one in the literature, of a company that encountered legal trouble as a result of hiring an employee with a criminal record. What could have been done differently? What did the company do right?

3. It has been suggested that ethical conduct be formally incorporated as a general competency requirement for any job within the organization. Discuss the pros and cons of this suggestion.