At the end of each chapter, there are Case Studies. Choose one, read it, and answer all the questions that follow it.

Title page, 2 pages of content, and a reference page.

n his book 21 Dirty Tricks at Work, author Colin Gautrey

QUESTIONS

The exposure trick. Coercing a coworker by threatening to make public a professional or personal problem

If youre angling for a raise, and you know something damaging about your supervisor, you may be tempted by the tactic of exposure. Imagine you know that your supervisor has a prescription drug habit and its getting worse. Her performance at the office has been imbalanced but not so erratic as to raise suspicions. You plan to confront her and say youll spill the beans unless she gets you a raise. Whose interests are involved here? What responsibilities do you have to each of them? What ethical justification could you draw up to justify your threat?

The bystander trick. Knowing that someone is in trouble but standing on the sidelines and doing nothing even when intervention is clearly appropriate and would be helpful to the business

At an upholstering company, youre in competition for a promotion with a guy who learned the craft in jail, through the Department of Corrections job-training course. He hadnt revealed that fact to anyone, but now the truth has come to light. Youve worked with him on a lot of assignments and seen that hes had a chance to make off with some decent jewelry but hasnt taken anything. You could speak up to defend him, but youre tempted to use the bystander trick to increase the odds that youll win the duel. What ethical argument could you draw up to convince yourself that you shouldnt stand there and watch, but instead you should help your adversary out of the jam?