Your boss takes you out on the town dining the firtst weekend of your summer job

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Your boss takes you out on the town dining the firtst weekend of your summer job, not knowing that you are still under the legal drinking age. In the restaurant, everyone at your table orders a drink.

What should you do?

A. Order a beer, wanting to fit in, and hope the server doesn't check your ID?

B. Order a beer, wanting to fit in, and be ready with your false ID in case the server asks for one?

C. Do something else? (If so, what?)

Use one of the following heuristics - the Four Virtues, Four-component model, Evaluation checklist, Ethics checklist, and Five P's-to help you analyze each of these options.

Problem contributed by Dr. Susan Montgomery, University of Michigan, 1992.

This question comes from: Strategies For Creative Problem Solving, 3rd Edition, Author: H. Scott Fogler, Steven E. LeBlanc with Benjamin Rizzo, Chapter 10-Evaluation Exercise 10.16 on Page 268.

Explanation / Answer

First : I will not order Beer since i am not in eligible age

Second : I will politely inform my Boss about my opinion & request something else than alcoholic drink.

Third : Will gel & involve with boss in all discussions , so he will also comfortable at dinner table.

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