As CHRO, your bonus this year is based on your ability to cut costs. The CEO, in your weekly one$-$on$-$one, told you that it is OK to shift some of the benefit costs over to employees $($employees currently pay nothing for their benefits$)$but that she does not want you to overdo it$.$Half of your suggestions should not affect an employee$$s overall pay. You know that if you shift costs to employees, you personally will earn more money through bonuses and a salary increase.

Prepare a memo to the CEO and address the following:

$$a$.$Explain all the costs that are being cut, the decision, and the ethical implications you considered in your decision$-$making process.

$$b$.$ Describe how your choice aligns with your personal ethics.

$$c$.$Describe what you thought about the CEO$$s request in general.

$$d$.$What ethical considerations might be applied to create a win$-$win situation.