Chapter $13$ Practice Your Skills: Ethical Dilemma

A Language Problem $o.$

When Thompson and Thompson, a Los Angeles business and financial management firm, offered Iranian$-$born Farhad Hamidi a position as an accountant assistant one spring day in $2018,$ Hamidi felt a sense of genuine relief, but his relief was short$-$lived.

With his degree in accounting from a top$-$notch American university, he knew he was more than a little overqualified for the job. But time after time, he'd been rejected for suitable positions. His language difficulties were the reason most often given for his unsuccessful candidacy. Although the young man had grown up speaking both Farsi and French in his native land, he'd begun to pick up English only shortly before his arrival in the United States a few years ago. Impressed by his educational credentials and his quiet, courtly manner, managing partner Audrey Thompson overlooked his heavy accent and actively recruited him for the position, the only one available at the time. During his interview, she assured him that