PHI Written Assignment 11
Cassie Lilly
Ethics & the Business Professional
Written Assignment 11
February 16th, 2013
Contemporary Case
In this exercise you will identify and analyze the second of two contemporary ethical issues in the workplace. This issue should be drawn from your personal experience or from news reports. (Be sure to protect the privacy of others if you choose a personal case). If you are unsure of the suitability of a particular issue for the case, contact your mentor as soon as possible for approval or help in choosing an issue.
See Assignment 3 for the steps to follow to construct your case. (the first contemporary case was assignment 6, not assignment 3, so I assume this means to follow the same questions from assignment 3).
Provide a description: Describe the situation in enough detail for the reader to understand the background and the issues. Write this description in paragraph form.
For this case, I am using a real situation that happened to me, but I will be acting from the perspective of the other party, detailing what they did that was unethical and wrong and explaining how this could have been better handled.
Cassie is a nanny who has recently moved to Washington DC. Unlike her previous jobs in NJ where she found her own interviews through various matching sites, Washington primarily sources nannies, babysitters, and housekeepers through agencies because of complex household employee taxes within the district and employment laws for government employees and officials. Cassie has many years of experience both as a nanny and in the corporate world, political and legislative experience, and government relations experience that creates a very desirable skill set for the many political families seeking a caregiver. She has been scouted by several different agencies, but has chosen to attempt to get an elite position from a different agency first. She is applying to be taken on by White House Nannies, a very prestigious firm and is interviewing for a
Ethics & the Business Professional
Written Assignment 11
February 16th, 2013
Contemporary Case
In this exercise you will identify and analyze the second of two contemporary ethical issues in the workplace. This issue should be drawn from your personal experience or from news reports. (Be sure to protect the privacy of others if you choose a personal case). If you are unsure of the suitability of a particular issue for the case, contact your mentor as soon as possible for approval or help in choosing an issue.
See Assignment 3 for the steps to follow to construct your case. (the first contemporary case was assignment 6, not assignment 3, so I assume this means to follow the same questions from assignment 3).
Provide a description: Describe the situation in enough detail for the reader to understand the background and the issues. Write this description in paragraph form.
For this case, I am using a real situation that happened to me, but I will be acting from the perspective of the other party, detailing what they did that was unethical and wrong and explaining how this could have been better handled.
Cassie is a nanny who has recently moved to Washington DC. Unlike her previous jobs in NJ where she found her own interviews through various matching sites, Washington primarily sources nannies, babysitters, and housekeepers through agencies because of complex household employee taxes within the district and employment laws for government employees and officials. Cassie has many years of experience both as a nanny and in the corporate world, political and legislative experience, and government relations experience that creates a very desirable skill set for the many political families seeking a caregiver. She has been scouted by several different agencies, but has chosen to attempt to get an elite position from a different agency first. She is applying to be taken on by White House Nannies, a very prestigious firm and is interviewing for a