SCENARIO 1

Mr. Said joined a large private coal based power producing firm as a Graduate Trainee. After one year of training at different facilities of the company he was finally posted at a production unit. In the past one year of his service, Mr. Said had availed a loan of RO 3000 from the company to pay off his education loan. He had tough financial background and this benefit so early in the service won the company a great admiration to Mr. Said for past several days Mr. Said has been making an observation at this unit. Late in the nights the chimney of the unit spills off an unusual black smoke. He noticed it for a few days until upon some enquiry he found out that the ESPs (device to separate coal ash from the smoke finally going to chimney) are switched off to save power as they consume a substantial power produced to run them. Mr. Said knows that this is in violation of the law. ESPs shall mandatorily run in a coal based power plant of a unit as this. Switching them off in a running plant violates the environmental laws. Moreover, in the long run this practice shall damage the atmosphere of this area. He talks to his manager but the manager asks him to keep off this and explains him that this company makes huge money saving power by keeping ESPs off for a few hours daily. And he further cleverly says that no one can see smoke late in the night in this less populated forest area. A few days later Mr. Said gets a chance to see his unit head. He puts the issue back. The unit head warns him of dire consequences if he further raises this issue. He also threatens him to sack. Next morning Mr. Said is served with a show-cause notice against some irregularities in his work and his identity card has been blocked for an automatic attendance. His presence in the office was recorded in person by another staff but without his signature.

Mr. Said wants to complain this violation of environment to government authorities but in doing so he will finally have to lose his job and loan repayment is a burden he cannot bear. If dismissed on corruption charges, he faces a chance of career blockade.

Scenario 2

You are a trainee (electrical) in your second year of training within a small practice. A more senior trainee has been on sick leave, and you are due to go on study leave. You have been told by your manager that, before you go on leave, you must complete some complicated reconciliation work. The deadline suggested appears unrealistic, given the complexity of the work.

You feel that you are not sufficiently experienced to complete the work alone. You would need additional supervision to complete it to the required standard, and your manager appears unable to offer the necessary support. If you try to complete the work within the proposed timeframe but fail to meet the expected quality, you could face repercussions on your return from study leave. You feel slightly intimidated by your manager, and also feel pressure to do what you can for the practice in what are challenging times.

should follow the basic case study format in answering the case studies.

a. Introduction (examine the case and highlight or summarize the relevant facts pertaining to the case) (

b. Identify two (2) or more key Issues/ problems.

c. Write the three (3) possible solutions for the Issues/problems identified in (b).

d. Select the best solution from letter c and justify your answer.

e. Recommendation and suggestions.