Workplace Dilemmas Quiz

Your manager mistakenly gives you access to confidential salary data. What do you do?

• Report the mistake and log out immediately.

• Ignore it and pretend you never saw it.

• Check salaries and use the info to ask for a raise.

You finish your tasks early. What do you do with your free time?

• Offer to help coworkers or learn a new skill.

• Browse social media but stay at your desk.

• Leave early without telling anyone-it's 'work-life balance.'

Your coworker asks you to clock them in because they are running late. What do you do?

• Refuse and remind them of company policies.

• Do it this once since they're usually on time.

• Agree-'teamwork means covering for each other.'

A coworker is struggling with a project, but helping them would mean working late. What do you do?

• Help them because teamwork is important.

• Suggest they ask someone else.

• Ignore them-it's 'not your responsibility.'

Your boss asks you to run a personal errand during office hours. What do you do?

• Politely decline and suggest doing it after work.

• Do it, but only if it doesn't affect your tasks.

• Do it immediately to 'impress the boss.'

Your manager takes credit for your hard work. What do you do?

• Privately discuss it with them and ask for recognition.

• Stay silent-it might hurt your career if you complain.

• Publicly call them out in a team meeting.

You discover a supplier is charging your company more than agreed. What do you do?

• Report it and request a review.

• Ignore it-accounting will probably catch it.

• Ask the supplier for a personal kickback to keep quiet.

A coworker confesses they've been faking work reports. What do you do?

• Encourage them to report it or inform HR.

• Ignore it-it's not your problem.

• Use this information to blackmail them.

Your company offers a customer a refund, but the issue wasn't your company's fault. What do you do?

• Honor the refund for goodwill.

• Offer them a discount instead.

• Refuse and blame the customer for misusing the product.

A supplier offers you an expensive gift during contract negotiations. What do you do?

• Decline it and report the incident.

• Accept it but don't let it affect your decision.

• Accept it-it's just 'relationship-building.'