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    Case Analysis: A. Relevant Facts

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    Bert Cruz, a staff assistant at a law firm, is asked by his supervisor Carlo to work extra hours without reporting them to avoid going over budget on a case. This would violate the firm's policy of accurately reporting all work hours. The ethical issue is whether Bert should work unpaid overtime. If he does, it could benefit his evaluation but hurt the firm's ability to budget and retain employees. Bert has alternatives like refusing the work, reporting it, or talking to Carlo. The best option is to directly discuss his concerns with Carlo to resolve the issue ethically and maintain a good working relationship and reputation.

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    Bert Cruz, a staff assistant at a law firm, is asked by his supervisor Carlo to work extra hours without reporting them to avoid going over budget on a case. This would violate the firm's policy of accurately reporting all work hours. The ethical issue is whether Bert should work unpaid overtime. If he does, it could benefit his evaluation but hurt the firm's ability to budget and retain employees. Bert has alternatives like refusing the work, reporting it, or talking to Carlo. The best option is to directly discuss his concerns with Carlo to resolve the issue ethically and maintain a good working relationship and reputation.

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    Bert Cruz, a staff assistant at a law firm, is asked by his supervisor Carlo to work extra hours without reporting them to avoid going over budget on a case. This would violate the firm's policy of accurately reporting all work hours. The ethical issue is whether Bert should work unpaid overtime. If he does, it could benefit his evaluation but hurt the firm's ability to budget and retain employees. Bert has alternatives like refusing the work, reporting it, or talking to Carlo. The best option is to directly discuss his concerns with Carlo to resolve the issue ethically and maintain a good working relationship and reputation.

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    Bert Cruz, a staff assistant at a law firm, is asked by his supervisor Carlo to work extra hours without reporting them to avoid going over budget on a case. This would violate the firm's policy of accurately reporting all work hours. The ethical issue is whether Bert should work unpaid overtime. If he does, it could benefit his evaluation but hurt the firm's ability to budget and retain employees. Bert has alternatives like refusing the work, reporting it, or talking to Carlo. The best option is to directly discuss his concerns with Carlo to resolve the issue ethically and maintain a good working relationship and reputation.

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    Name: Vahia Ralliza H.

    Dotarot
    Course & Year: BSA-3
    CASE ANALYSIS

    A. Relevant Facts
    Bert Cruz has been working for 6 months as staff assistant for a law form,
    Alvendia and Castro. Currently he is assigned to the case of Ryan manufacturing
    Company under the supervision of Carlo Reyes, an experienced senior lawyer. During
    lunch on the first day, Carlos says, “it will be necessary for us to work few extra hours on
    our own time to make sure we come in on budget. This case isn’t very profitable
    anyway, and we don’t want to hurt our firm by going over budget. We can accomplish
    this easily by coming in half hour early, taking short lunch break, and working an hour or
    so after normal quitting time. We just won’t write that time down on our time report.”
    Bert read in the company's approach manual that working hours and not charging for
    them on the time report is an infringement of Alvendia and Castro business strategy. He
    additionally realizes that seniors are paid rewards, rather than extra time, while staffs
    are paid for additional time however get no rewards.

    B. Ethical Issue
    The ethical issue face in the scenario is that, is it ethical for Bert to work beyond
    his work hours and to not record them as hours worked?

    C. Who is affected and how they are affected?


    There are five key person who are affected in the scenario in which ethical
    dilemma occurs. The first person would be Bert, aside from being asked to violate the
    firm policy, his hours of work, his pay, his performance evaluation, and his attitude
    towards the firm may be affected. The second person would be Martha, in which she
    greatly be affected the same as Berth since she is one of the legal assistant assigned to
    the case. Third would be Carlos, his success on the engagement and hours of work may
    be affected. Fourth would be Alvendia and Castro Law Firm, knowing that their term
    policy is being violated this may result in under billing clients in their current and future
    engagements, may affect the firm’s ability to realistically budget engagements and bill
    clients and may affect the firm’s ability to motivate and retain employees. Lastly would
    be the other staff in the firm, following the practice of this engagement may motivate
    others to follow the same practice on other engagements.

    D. Available Alternatives
    This section deals with different ways in which the problem can be resolved.
    Typically, being creative at this stage helps. Bert can decide on the following alternatives
    to solve the said dilemma; Bert may refuse to work the additional work hours suggested
    by his supervisor Carlo Reyes. He may also inform him that he will not work the
    additional hours or he will charge the additional hours to the engagement. Also, he may
    also perform in the manner requested. Bert can also talk to the manager about Carlos
    request or directly talk to Carlos about his concern. He may also refuse to work in the
    engagement to avoid conflict or quit work in the firm.

    E. Consequences of Each Alternative


    Potential consequences may arise in deciding the best alternative to be used
    which therefore helpful and essential to evaluate both short and long term effects of
    each alternative. As such, we will measure the alternatives against each key decision
    criteria. Consider the potential consequences if Bert decide to work the additional hours
    and not report them. By doing so, he will likely get good evaluation for his cooperation
    to the engagement, he may also be able to build a good relationship with his co-workers
    and perhaps a salary increase however, his behavior and perception towards the people
    he works with and the company he works at may be affected. If Bert on the other hand
    refuse to work the additional work hours suggested by his supervisor Carlos Reyes, he
    may get angry for disagreeing with him and cause conflict towards each other. On the
    other side, Bert can also talk to the manager about Carlos’ request but it would also
    create conflict. If Bert will refuse to work in the engagement, by doing so, he will have to
    adjust again to another team. Or if he will quit his job, he will be having a hard time
    looking for another job/company to accept him. Lastly, if he will talk directly to Carlos
    and raise his concern regarding the situation, he may voice out what he think is right
    and to be able to figure out what to do in order to satisfy each other opinion.

    F. Appropriate Action
    In every situation we should always choose the best alternative to decide on
    what circumstance best fit to solve the issue. Best alternative should be in accordance
    with what is ethically and morally right. The key to making effective decisions is to think
    about choices in terms of their ability to accomplish our most important goals. This
    means we have to understand the difference between immediate and short-term goals
    and longer-range goals. A choice that produces unintended and undesirable results is
    ineffective. All decisions have an ethical or moral dimension for a simple reason—they
    have an effect on others. Ethical decisions generate and sustain trust; demonstrate
    respect, responsibility, fairness and caring; and are consistent with good citizenship.
    These behaviors provide a foundation for making better decisions by setting the ground
    rules for our behavior. As such, ethics are moral principles that guide a person’s
    behavior.
    As for Bert, the best alternative would be talking to Carlos. In such a way it would
    mitigate possible conflict and would create a healthy work environment. Carlos may also
    be enlightened by doing so, talking to him can be a way to end such unethical behavior
    for which in a long run would create a positive impact to the both of them as
    professionals. It would also create and motivate other workers to work and decide
    things in accordance to what is morally and ethically right. By also doing this, both Bert
    and Carlos would still attain a good reputation in their workplace. By deciding ethically,
    it makes Bert feel good about it – by being true to himself, he will feel good about the
    ethical decisions he make. Many people report that they find gift giving more rewarding
    than receiving a gift. Though that is not an ethical analogy it does speak to the
    importance of doing good for others. Being honest is part of being ethical and you will
    likely feel good about being an ethical business person.

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