Ethics and Integrity in Business: Navigating Ethical Risks and Transgressions in the Workplace Case B Case B: Personal Integrity Recognition and Credit Several months later,

Andrea was one of the front-runners for a key promotion a great and challenging developmental opportunity she had been eyeing for a while. One of her main competitors for this position was an engineer named Jared, with whom she had been working on a project just completed a few weeks ago. She and Jared worked very well together, but there was always a slightly tense and awkward backdrop to their relationship. Andrea felt that Jared, who was six years older than she, was very ambitious and may have considered Andrea to be a threat to his prospects for promotion. One day in a meeting with her boss and the hiring director to whom shed report if she got the promotion, the director mentioned the vacant position. He said Andrea would be a great fit, citing some accomplishments related to the just-completed project. At first, Andrea was thrilled that her work was noticed by this director, but as the conversation continued, she realized that many of the successes cited by the director were actually accomplishments that Jared had achieved. Andrea began to feel uncomfortable, unsure of how to get past this somewhat awkward situation. After all, it was a team project, and accomplishments of the team members were still accomplishments of the team, right? However, remaining silent felt a bit to Andrea like she was taking credit for the work done by another. If the tables were turned, she believed she would feel slighted and disrespected. Clearly this was an ethical dilemma, and Andrea, particularly given her strong ethical upbringing, was conflicted. She didnt want to take any of Jareds credit, although she feared that openly correcting the directors opinion might mean losing out on an exciting promotional opportunity. She felt flush in the meeting and had difficulty focusing on the topics being discussed. She did not know how to handle this situation.

Question:

As a manager, critically examine and summarize and give recommendations for the situation analysis.