Lance Mannion An Ethical Dilemma - 752 Words

â€Å"Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing,† (B.C. Forbes, n.d). The case study involves an executive Lance Mannion who is offered prestigious position at his father’s firm, but prior to accepting the offer he wants to further develop his personnel management skills. Lance accepts a senior administrative position in overseas tourist firm; he finds considerable success in his new position and assists the organization with lowering their overall expenses. Lance suggests to the management and fellow executives that they could contribute to the cost savings by reducing their expenses, but his met with opposition from his fellow colleagues. Lance decides to investigate the executives expense records and his alarmed by his findings. Lance soon discovers that executives are misusing their expense accounts on personal purchases and some are even using it t o conduct an affair. Lance is presented with an ethical dilemma in how to respond to the executives’ misuse of company’s resources. â€Å"All that evil requires to triumph is for good men to do nothing,† (Gregg, 2007, p. 13). Lance has ethical responsibility to himself, the organization and to the shareholders to develop a strategy to address the ethical dilemma. Lance has set a personal goal to further develop his personnel management skills and this presents a great opportunity to advance his skills. In order toShow MoreRelatedCase Study : An Executive Lance Mannion777 Words   |  4 Pagessculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing,† (B.C. Forbes, n.d). The case study involves an executive Lance Mannion, who is offered a prestigious position at his father’s firm, but prior to accepting this offer he wants to further develop his personnel management skills at another organization. Lance accepts a senior administrative position in an overseas tourist firm; he finds considerable success in his new position and assists the organization with