Workplace Dilemmas: What should you do?

You work as a hiring manager for a large company. There is a position available and you have many candidates. There are several very qualified candidates and there is your brother. Your brother applied for the job, however, he is not nearly as qualified as the other candidates. What should you do?

• Hire your brother

• Hire other candidates

You have worked on a team project with several co-workers. After the project is completed, your supervisor comes to you and commends you on part of the project. However, the part of the project he is giving you praise for was actually completed by another co-worker and not you. Should you take credit for it?

• Take credit for it

• Give credit to your co-worker

You work in a retail store. One of your co-workers has serious financial troubles. You notice one day that they are stealing small amounts of money from the cash register. What should you do?

• Report him for stealing

• Don't say anything

You have a new co-worker who comes from the United States of Goffmanista (a fictional country). He is a very talented worker but he seems very rude and aggressive because of cultural differences. Many of your co-workers do not understand this and they want him to be fired because he seems difficult to work with but you understand that it is due to cultural differences. Should you agree with your co-workers?

• Agree with your co-workers

• Disagree with your co-workers

You work for a large, international automobile company. You discover that the management has lied about the safety reports for their cars. This means that new cars going on the market do not meet safety standards. If you report this, you risk losing your job, jeopardizing the company, and causing an international scandal. If you don't report it, people's lives may be at risk. What should you do?

• Report

• Do not report.

You work in an office and you notice that many of your co-workers are spending most of their day using their computers for things like social media, watching Netflix, and other completely unrelated work activities. This goes directly against company policy and is harmful to the productivity. Should you say something?

• Report co-workers to supervisors

• Do not report.

One of your fellow students never comes to class and does not do readings or homework. You have attended every class and done all the work. Before the final exams, he asks if he can borrow your notes to study. You know that if he takes your notes he will pass the exam without having put in the same effort as you. What should you do?

• Give him your notes

• Don't give him your notes

You do not regularly attend class and don't complete course readings and assignments. One of your classmates is a diligent student who always attends and puts in hard work. Before the final, you ask if you can have your classmate's study notes for the exam. You know that you will pass the exam if you take his notes, but you won't have put in the same effort and work that he did. Should he give them to you?

• Yes

• No

You work in a marketing firm that regularly gives presentations to large groups of businessmen, investors, and CEO's. One of your co-workers who gives presentations with you dresses unprofessionally and is sloppy when he gives presentations. It doesn't seem to affect the quality of the presentations but you worry how his appearance affects the impressions of investors and shareholders. What should you do?

• Say something to your co-worker

• Do not say anything.

You are a teacher with a wide variety of access to the best teaching materials and technologies from your university. It is against company policy to use these materials outside of the university. However, you discovered that if you were to do private teaching and tutoring sessions using the same materials you could make extra money easily and no one would ever find out. What should you do?

• Use the teaching materials.

• Do not use the teaching materials.