Case Study: The Boss's Decision

Malou recently joined EAP Vaidez Digital, a production house, as a Recruitment Manager.

Malou is in charge of preparing the shortlist of candidates for the final interview stage based on competitive criteria. All applicants are reviewed by Malou before the final decision for hiring is made by the applicant's prospective immediate superior.

One afternoon, upon returning to her desk after lunch break, Malou finds a long brown envelope on her table, identical to the envelopes that their company requires applicants to submit their resumes in. Stuck at the center of the envelope is a post-it with the following message scribbled in the handwriting of her direct superior, Mike Mariano:

"Malou, please have her hiring papers ready by the end of next week. Thanks. M.Mariano"

Malou opens the envelope and finds a resume for a candidate named Jessa M. Palacios, a fresh graduate who appears to not have taken school seriously, the

kind of candidate that she would outright reject.

Questions:

1) Propose what Malou, would do in the two situations to adopt the "Hypothetical duties" and to adopt the "Categorical duties" to go for an ethical decision regarding her situation in the EAP Valdez Digital?

2) Elaborate a detailed analysis of the situation of Mike Mariano, who is Malou's direct supervisor, to explain how he had demonstrated that "normative myopia" regarding his situation in EAP Valdez Digital?