upervisors make decisions that affect employees in manycomplex waysFrequentlyis not obvious what should or can be doneSupervisors face many ethical challenges involving the individuals who work for themthe managers they work with, the company itself, as well as their customers and communityThis case considers one such situation and requires the analysis of the supervisor's behavior described this Read the case and answer the questions that follow Several years agoa supervisor at Vurv Technology discovered that two employees were facing similar difficultiesRenee Richmond, a single mother of two, had been commuting to work in an old Chevrolet Cavalier with more than $150\mathrm{.}000$ on the odometerOne dayjust died, and Richmond worried about how she could afford to replace Around the same time a new hireTim Gunter, was stuck because the car he was driving broke downGunter persuaded a neighbor to drive him to work but he was concerned about losing his job due to not having reliable transportation Some supervisors might be willing to arrange for a day off work for an employee to shop for a replacement car, Richmond and Gunter's supervisor went a big step furtherThe supervisor went to Vurv's founderDerek Mercera plan. The company should buy each of the employees a car and give to them so they could keep their jobs Mercer took the idea seriously because the supervisor.offered logical business reasoning Hiring and training replacements for the two workers, who were talented and cared about customers, would cost more than the price of two used carsSo Vurv bought and donated the cars$-$and won the deep loyalty of two workers, who have remained with the companyGunter expressed their feelings vividly $"$We were willing to go the extra mile for the company and work extremely hard in an effort to give back and thank Mr$.$ Mercer for his generosity What Richmond and Gunter's supervisor for them went beyond a supervisor's usual roleIn factthis kind of help for an employee might not always be the company's best interestsBut supervisors are often called on to weigh issues that go beyond job descriptions. They also have to consider what is the right thing to doand what actions will hurt or harm other people. The company buy a car employee who has car problems?