The Dilemma—Lunch Reservations
Ever since you took the job last year, your boss has asked you to schedule a weekly lunch date with his mistress. You don’t like doing it, but you’ve made the reservations anyway. Last month you met his wife at a business luncheon. Now that she has met you, whenever she calls and he is out, she asks, “Can you tell me where he is?” You can’t stand being an accomplice. What will you do?
Ever since you took the job last year, your boss has asked you to schedule a weekly lunch date with his mistress. You don’t like doing it, but you’ve made the reservations anyway. Last month you met his wife at a business luncheon. Now that she has met you, whenever she calls and he is out, she asks, “Can you tell me where he is?” You can’t stand being an accomplice. What will you do?
My Solution
This situation is wrong, according to my personal ethics. However,
this is more of a personal situation than a business one. I would have to
accommodate the situation. Abigail & Cahn (2011) describe accommodating as
“...smoothing over conflicts, obliging others, and not making waves” (pp. 49).
I would have to let the manager know that his wife is calling and inquiring on
his whereabouts. Additionally, I would have to advise him that I would not make
up any stories but, that the situation did not involve me and that I would also
not inform her of where he was for lunch. My boss’ personal indiscretions, so
long as they do not interfere with work, are not something that I feel is
appropriate to be concerned with even if I am the person setting up the weekly
date.
What would you do?
References
Abigail, R. & Cahn,
D. (2011). Managing Conflict Through
Communication: Fourth Edition. Allyn
& Bacon: Boston.
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