Barry and Steffi are a couple with three school age children and they both work part time but cannot yet afford to save any money for their old age. Barry's boss offers Steffi a very significant sum of money if she will buy an asset in her name financed by the boss and sign a trust deed making him the sole beneficiary, Steffi also has to sign a contract never to reveal this transaction to Barry and is to be paid a substantial further sum for signing this contract. The sums involved would be equivalent to $20\%$ saved from the couple's joint income over the past five years. Steffi has the character to be able to honour these contracts if she decides to sign them, but she knows she will carry a burden of guilt for keeping it secret from Barry, even though he would possibly have agreed to her doing what was asked.

One night some months later, Barry has a great row with his boss and is shocked when the boss tells him the story,

Explain what you consider the most important ethical considerations facing both Steffi and the Boss in this situation. You may leverage multiple ethical systems in your response, but you must include at least one of the following perspectives: Ethics of Care, and$/$or Virtue Ethics.