When Loyalties Collide: A Practical Look at Reporting vs. Whistle-blowing vs. In

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When Loyalties Collide: A Practical Look at Reporting vs. Whistle-blowing vs. Inaction

R.U. Kidding, the assistant comptroller for Rocket-time Enterprises Inc., a government defense contractor, has a delicate ethical concern on his hands. In the course of his employment, R.U. Kidding has uncovered evidence that seems to indicate that Rocket-time may have been over-billing the government for a weapons system project. Under its contract with the government, Rocket-time was supposed to calculate its hourly rate with a formula dividing charges between the more expensive work done directly in their offices and the less costly hourly labor performed by subcontractors. It appears that Rocket-time may have simply billed subcontractor work at the higher in-house rate.

R.U. Kidding, realizing that the weapons system project is the lifeblood of Rocket-time's business, is at a loss as to what he should do with the information he has uncovered. On the one hand he feels he has a duty to bring this wrongdoing to light. After all, he reasons, there is the greater public interest and common good to consider. On the other hand, the project is so critical to the financial future of the company that the disclosure of wrongdoing could be devastating for the company and its employees, many of whom are R.U.’s colleagues and friends. R.U. also feels a sense of duty and loyalty to Rocket-time, which has employed him for years. If you were in R.U.’s shoes, what would you do and why?

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When the situation like R.U.s come in front of me , the decision that has to be made is not easy one. if he doesnot say anything , he would mustt bear weight on his shoulders by knowing that company is illegaly obtaining money. But if he say anything then he and thousend of others could loose their job. kidding must act ethically. He has an obligation to abide by the moral standards and to abide by the law. If kidding does not speak out about the situation the company could potentially be getting away with a lot more than just the overbilling.

If i was in kidding shoes then i will defenatly let the authorities know about the situation. this would be very hard decision because been though i would be doing right thing by letting the authorities know about this. I would also be hurting people,s life and lost my job too. It would defenatly the hard decision to make but i at least know that it would be correct one nad ethical too.

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