Megan's Dilemma Paper

What would be the right thing to do here? How would the golden rule on page 6 relate to Megan’s decision?
The right thing to do will be to continue checking their background, if they were a couple that skip rent as Kate stated that would have showed on their credit report as an judgment. Also, per Megan they received good references from their previous landlord. If I were Megan I would have asked Kate how do people look that pay there rent late every month or have judgments against them because they never paid there rent on time. According, to the golden rule, we should treat people how we would like to be treated. What if you went to a apartment complex and the person in charge of the leasing office said to you, you look like you may skip out on your rent, how would that make you feel as a person? If Kate judges each tenant on how they look the apartment complex will never have tenants. If I were Megan, I would be very professional to each person, due to the fact that you cannot judge a person on his
This simple act might be able to resolve Megan’s dilemma immediately, depending on how comprehensive and specific her company's ethics statement is. Megan’s company code of ethics should be able to provide a backdrop on how to handle Kate’s statement. Also this might help Megan to weigh the pros and cons of her business decisions when it comes to making a decision on whom to lease to. Megan might want to share the comment made by Kate with their region manager just in case the region manger wants to know why the available apartments have not been leased. Due to the fact that Megan is considered a front-line employee, she will face a number of ethical dilemmas within her job, such as deciding who would be a good tenant. I think taking ethical questions to manager can keep employees out of trouble in addition to resolving conflicts between employee and their supervisor (Ghillyer,