Doul Magazine is an international magazine company with its Head Office in New York and other offices in Paris, Milan, Italy and London. The company is always sending various top executives on assignment to its various overseas offices in order to promote innovativeness and creativity in the marketing of Doul Magazine. These assignments normally take eight to thirteen months in the visiting country. Laura, an associate editor for the New York office, is assigned to the Paris office to 'breathe new life' in Doul Magazine, since sales for that office has been lagging of late. On arrival in Paris, Laura meets with the editors and other associate editors to discuss ways in which the magazine could attract readers and resumes its dominance in that market. They all decide that some articles should be more contemporary and that a full fashion spread be done on various fashion icons in Paris. Seven other employees work on this team, including a senior editor named Tim. Laura had worked there for about two months and thought things were on track in Doul Magazine becoming a dominant force once again in the Paris market. One evening after work, she decided the team needed a well-deserved break and so suggested they all go to happy hour after work. Everybody had a great time and had consumed a fair amount of alcohol. When everybody was leaving the bar to head home, Tim, who had been secretly attracted to Laura since she started working in Paris, hailed a cab and offered to share the ride with Laura. Laura accepted the offer. Once she was inside the cab, Tim then suddenly made an aggressive sexual advance toward her. Horrified, Laura pushed him away and told him to get out of the cab. Mortified, Tim slinked out of the cab. The next day, Laura came to work with some apprehension. How would she deal with Tim? Would the cab incident affect her job? Although Tim did not supervise her, would he try to get her fired? Tim immediately went to her office and apologized for his extremely inappropriate behavior in the cab. Relieved at his apology, Laura decided not to pursue the matter through any formal channels in the office. She figured that since Tim apologized, there was no need to dwell on the incident. After all, Laura was a new employee in Paris, still in the process of learning the office politics and proving herself as being a competent editor. She did not want to rock the boat or bring negative attention to herself. Everything would have been okay if Tim had stopped at just one sincerely expressed apology. However, whenever he found himself alone with Laura, Tim apologized again. And, again. He said he was sorry about the incident at every opportunity he had for three months. This constant apology was awkward and annoying to Laura. Ironically, by Tim apologizing continuously for his unwanted attention in the cab, he was foisting another form of unwanted attention upon Laura. When he first started apologizing, Laura told him that "it was okay". After three months of many apologies, she reached a point where she asked him to stop apologizing, to no avail. Tim started telling Laura how sexy she looked in her clothes every day. He even offered Laura jewellery, offered to pay for dinners, and offered to pay for trips to neighbouring countries in Europe. He told her that reporting him would only lead to him making "her life a living nightmare". Frustrated, she confided in a co-worker about her unusual dilemma. Consequently, this co-worker suggested making a formal report to the international Human Resource Directorate. Laura wants to make this formal compliant but based on Tim being a senior editor as well as someone who could cost her to lose her job, she second-guesses what to do.

QUESTIONS

A) Based on the above case, what are TWO ethical issues that are evident.

B) What are the ethical dilemma Laura faces in formally reporting Tim against her initial decision not to do so.

C) Suggest and critically assess THREE (3) solutions that the Human Resource Directorate may establish in order to address the scenario above.