Troubled Promotion case study

As Executive Director, you are seeking to promote one of your staff to the position of Associate Director. After the selection process was completed, you decided to promote Eva, a hardworking employee with excellent reviews. Upon announcing the promotion, information comes to light that Eva's resume included several damaging misrepresentations including: previous employment history which stated that she'd been an assistant director for another organization when in reality, she had only ever covered for the assistant director when he'd been on vacation; she'd "managed" high performing teams when she'd really only been the secretary taking notes; and finally that she had an MBA when in reality, she had begun, but failed to complete an MBA program. Word has gotten out about these misrepresentations and spread to subordinates. What do you, the Executive Director, do? Do you proceed with the promotion, retain Eva but not promote her, or fire Eva?

1. Identify stakeholders

2. Consider stakeholders impacts

3. Identify at least one prescriptive principles of ethical conduct

4. Apply the chosen prescriptive principle of ethical conduct

5. Consider alternative courses of action

6. Choose a course of action

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