1. 1. During a reorganization, you’re told to reduce staff in the department you manage. After analyzing staffing requirements, you realize you have two employees who both are over age 60 and could retire. You

1. a. say nothing and determine layoffs based purely on performance and length of service
2. b. schedule a meeting with both employees and ask if they’d consider early retirement
3. c. schedule a meeting with all staff and ask if anyone is interested in severance or early retirement
4. d. lay off the older workers

2. 2. As a sales manager for a major pharmaceuticals company, you’ve been asked to promote a new drug that costs $2,500 per dose. You’ve read the reports saying the drug is only 1 percent more effective than an alternative drug that costs less than $625 per dose. The vice president of sales wants you to promote the $2,500 per dose drug aggressively. He reminds you that if you don’t, lives could be lost that might have been saved with the 1 percent increase in the drug’s effectiveness. What would you do?

1. a. follow the advice of the vice president and aggressively promote the drug because your bonus it tied to your sales performance
2. b. present both options factually and let the client make the decision
3. c. promote the $625 drug because you are concerned with spiraling health care costs and a 1 percent difference seems nominal
4. d. quit the company because you feel it is unethical

3. 3. Your firm recently hired a new manager who is at the same level you are. You do not like the man personally and consider him a rival professionally. You run into a friend who knows your rival well. You discover this man did not attend Harvard as he stated on his resume and, in fact, has not graduated from any college. You know his supposed Harvard background was instrumental in getting him hired. You

1. a. expose the lie to your superiors
2. b. without naming manes, consult your human resources officer on how to proceed
3. c. say nothing. The company obviously failed to check him out, and the lie probably will surface on its own.
4. d. confront the man with the information and let him decide what to do

(Write a brief response justifying your answers to each of the questions.)