Distributing Reports; Communication Ethics: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas [LO-4], Chapter 1 You submitted what you thought was a masterful report to your boss more than three weeks ago. The report analyzes current department productivity and recommends several steps you think will improve employee output without increasing individual workloads. Brilliant, you thought.

But you haven’t heard a word from your boss. Did you overstep your boundaries by making recommendations that might imply that she has not been doing a good job?

Did you overwhelm her with your ideas? You’d like some feedback. In your last email to her, you asked whether she had read your report. So far you’ve received no reply.

Then yesterday, you overheard the company vice president talk about some productivity changes in your department—the same changes you recommended in your report. Now you’re worried that your boss submitted your report to senior management and will take full credit for your terrific ideas. What, if anything, should you do? Should you confront your boss about this? Should you ask to meet with the company vice president? Discuss this situation with your teammates and develop a solution to this sticky situation. Present your solution to the class, explaining the rationale behind your decision.