The Dilemma-The Boss’s Expense Report
Your boss conveniently loses his expense report for his last trip. On his way
into a meeting, he drops a blank report on your desk and asks you to fill in
the blanks, saying, “Make it add up to $300 or so.” What will you do?
Solution
The
boss is attempting to get their assistant to, essentially, forge documentation
about a business trip. He does not have receipts, for whatever reason, so his
assistant is expected to make up the information without any knowledge of what
they are writing.
In
this particular situation, I need more information to determine my course of
action. This could be a simple mistake, on the part of the manager, and
something that requires little to no further discussion. If this is not a
common occurrence, then simply finding out what types of things money were
spent on and making approximate totals does not seem unreasonable. However, if
this boss has a history of unethical behavior, than it would be wrong to go
along with this request because it would be known that this is probably an
illegal action on the part of the manager.
References
American Management
Association. (2008, Jan 18). Ethics and the Administrative Professional
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