Ethical Dilemma Case Jeffrey Moses was facing one of the toughest decisions of his short career as a manager with International Consulting. Andrew Carpenter, one of his best consultants, was in trouble because of family issues, and his problems were affecting his work. International Consulting designs, installs and implement complex back-office software systems for companies worldwide. About half of consultants including Carpenter, work primarily at home. Carpenter as a consultants is good at his work, knowledgeable, high level of skill and his willingness to travel is hard to find. However, there have been numerous occasions and reports where Carpenter was unprofessional and absent in major activities of the clients, and one of the recent one was with a major client in New York where Carpenter never showed up on the company for the launching of the new software for the first time. For this reason, the New York Company complained and demanded a 50% off from the International Consulting consultant’s fee in which the company VP of operations clearly was upset.
Analysis and Methodology
Identification and Definition of Ethical Dilemma Jeffrey Moses as a manager of International Consulting is faced with a tough decision on one of his talented and skilled consultants, who has been in trouble due to family problems in the past weeks. The company VP of operations wants to terminate Carpenter for his unprofessionalism. Moses now is caught whether or not to dismiss Carpenter for this recent irresponsible act or give him another chance. Stakeholders
1). Andrew Carpenter – The talented and skilled consultant but has problems recently.
2). VP of Operations – who wants carpenter dismissed because of unprofessionalism and causing the company to lose money and disappoints one of the major client.
3). Carpenter’s supervisor – who believes on Carpenter’s ability and skill. And thinks he will