A vice president from the customer service team told me that the companys largest customer was going to be conducting an on-site audit. The customer would be particularly interested in seeing the dedicated computing equipment that was part of their contract. As it turns out, we did not have any dedicated computing equipment. The past director of my area had, on multiple occasions, simply lied. To survive the audit, the VP asked me to lie and also to put fake labels on some of the machines to show the customer. If I didnt agree, I knew the VP would be furious, and we might lose this client.

What would Kant and Mill say? What is the difference between a long-term versus short-term perspective? What should I do? How should I do it?

Darby has been working for 14 months at Holden Associates, a large management consulting firm. She is earning $95,000 a year, which sounds good but does not go very far in New York City. It turns out that her peers at competing firms are typically paid 20 percent more and receive larger annual bonuses. Darby works about 60 hours a weekmore if she is traveling.

Holden has a policy that permits any employee who works as late as 8:00 p.m. to eat dinner at the companys expense. The company will also pay for a car service or Uber. Darby is in the habit of staying until 8:00 p.m. every night, whether or not her workload requires it. Then she orders enough food for dinner, with leftovers for lunch the next day. She has managed to cut her grocery bill to virtually nothing. Sometimes she invites her boyfriend to join her for dinner. As a student, he is always hungry and broke. Darby often uses the Holden Uber account to charge a ride back to his apartment, although the cost is twice as high as to her own place. Darby has also been known to return online purchases through the Holden mailroom on the company dime. Many employees do that, and the mailroom workers look the other way.

Is Darby doing anything wrong? What ethics traps is she facing? What would your Life Principle be in this situation?

Steve supervises a team of account managers. One night at a company outing, Lawrence, a visiting account manager, made some wildly inappropriate sexual remarks to Maddie, who is on Steves team. When she told Steve, he was uncertain what to do, so he asked his boss. She was concerned that if Steve took the matter further and Lawrence was fired or even disciplined, her whole area would suffer. Lawrence was one of the best account managers in the region, and everyone was overworked as it was. She told Steve to get Maddie to drop the matter. Just tell her that these things happen, and Lawrence did not mean anything by it.

What should Steve do? What ethics traps does he face? What would be your Life Principle in this situation? What should Maddie do?

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