All Money Is Green Guy Walters is the chief executive officer of a major engineering firm. He has been appointed committee chair for the High Speed Transportation System (HSTS). This group is expected to develop a viable method of transporting mass quantities of products safely and quickly to major distribution points around the world. Funding for this project has come from many companies interested in rapidly moving their products into global marketplaces. Guy feels strongly about making a success ofthis project and believes that it will greatly benefit the transportation industry, his company, and his personal career. In a meeting with Glenda, his chief financial officer, Guy discovers that his budget is too limited to complete the project. Glenda explains that they are confined by the company's accounting policies to using the HSTS's funds and that getting approval for additional funding will be difficult. "We will have to bring the matter before the executive board and request additional funds before we can go on," Glenda told him. Guy was frustrated. "You know how they feel about budget overruns. Why can't we just divert some of the leftover funds from other study programs to wrap this up? What's the big deal anyway? All money is green! We are all working toward the same end profits for the company. We're so near completion on this job that I don't want to slow progress by begging for dollars. Do some ofthat 'creative accounting' for which you budget people are so famous. They'll never know the difference." 1. What is the ethical issue in this situation ? 2. What does Guy mean by "All money is green" ? is he correct? 3. How should Glenda respond to Guy's request? 4. How would you resolve the ethical dilemma Glenda faces? Anxious Alan Alan was excited about his newjob with the local pharmacy. His family had always used the pharmacy, and he had many memories from his childhood about what good and reliable business practices it seemed to have. He would be able to live in the same neighborhood, walk to work, and be home for dinner with his family. It was too good to be true. Alan was six months into his newjob when he realized there was a problem. In his position in the finance office, he learned that the company had designed a billing system to cheat both customers and their insurance companies. The system overcharged for services and had been in effect for almost five years now. The company actually had a tutorial for the software it had developed and trained employees on its use. When employees complained, they were told to "use it or lose it"theirjob, that is
