This exercise asks you to identify an ethical issue that may arise during the staffing process. The assignment asks you to play the role of a staffing professional and to identify what you see as the ethical issue that you are facing in each scenario and to identify what actions you could take to resolve the ethical issue with which you are confronted.

Kelley Company is considering opening an office in a new location and is interested in identifying what talent may be present in that new location. To attract possible job candidates, who they otherwise may have a difficult time identifying, and to build the foundation of a talent pipeline for future business expansion the company posts a job ad for a position that does not exist. Do you see an ethical problem in what Kelley Company is doing by posting a job advertisement for a position that does not exist? If you see, an ethical issue, what is it$?$ Is there any way you see that Kelley Company could collect this information without having to resort to positing a job ad for a position that does not exist? How could it collect this information in other ways?

Spencer Company has been alarmed at the number of employees in key positions who are leaving their organization. To gauge whether there are any current employees in key positions who may jump ship, the company posts a blind job ad for a position that does not exist. Do you see an ethical problem in what Spencer Company is doing by posting a blind job ad for a position for a position that does not exist? If you see, an ethical issue, what is it$?$ Is there any way you see that Spencer Company could collect this information without having to resort to positing a blind job ad for a position that does not exist? How could it collect this information in other ways?

Pell company is having a very hard time filling a position and is becoming desperate to attract suitable candidates for the position. To draw more candidates, Pell Company misrepresents the duties and requirements of the open position promising more autonomy and authority than the position actually has. Do you see an ethical problem in what Pell Company is doing by misrepresenting the duties and requirements of the position. If you see an ethical issue, what is it$?$ Are there ways that Pell Company could better staff this hard to fill position that you might recommend?

A senior level employee of Lion Company has a made a referral of a qualified job candidate to the staffing department and expects this candidate to be hired $.$ This action bypasses the normal hiring process of the department. Do you see an ethical issue in this scenario? What actions would you recommend to ethically resolve this issue?

Geer Company creates a fake social media account to gain access to applicant profiles to mine private information about applicants including protected$-$status information including age, ethnicity, and religious affiliation. It also collects this information to gater information about the applicant$$s friends. Do you see an ethical issue in this scenario? What actions would you recommend to ethically resolve this issue?