After graduation, you obtain a job as an information technology (IT) support person with a small company. You and your boss, the IT manager, are the only two people in the department. The two of you get along well and enjoy working with each other.

After a year on the job, the company's president and the chief operating officer (COO) invite you out to lunch. When you arrive at the restaurant, you notice that they seem to have made effort to make this meeting secretive; they chose a location far from work and arrived separately, both of which are out of the ordinary. During lunch, they tell you that they are really pleased with your work and want to offer you the position of IT manager, your boss' position. You are initially shocked, and they explain that your boss is not meeting their expectations. They plan on firing him in a few weeks, after he completes a major project. They want to offer the job to you first and, if turned down, they will post the position after your boss is fired. They ask you to keep this knowledge confidential and want an answer within a week.

You feel both glad and sad about this opportunity. It's great to be highly respected and offered the promotion. However, the timing couldn't be worse for your boss because he and his wife recently had a child. Since your boss will be fired one way or the other, you accept the promotion. The president informs you that it'll be another 3 weeks before the announcement is made.

On your way to work you reflect on things and plan to disregard the COO and President's request and plan to confidentially inform your boss about his upcoming dismissal.

In regards to Ethical methodology and leadership strategy, what type of ethical values would you be displaying by informing your boss about his dismissal. How could use value ethics to defend your decision to tell your boss about his dismissal? How could you apply deontological ethics to this situation? What type of practices will you recommend as an ethical leader in addressing the problem in this situation? Could ethical training be useful in this situation? What leadership strategy and ehical methodology would be the best to handle this situation?