To Say or Not to Say

To Say or Not To Say

Given the stated situation, Rita is in a difficult position as she has to decide whether to inform the investor or to inform senior management and try and find a solution to this problem.

Decision options :-

1. Go ahead with the investment
2. Tell the investor about the ABC company and be a whistle blower. This might be a serious set back to her career.
3. Go to her boss for advice and find a solution to the situation.

Reasons for decision option 1:-

1. Earn good commission on the deal
2. Take her career ahead as this big deal would surely add another feather to her hat.

Reasons for option 2:-

1. Personal ethics and integrity - Every person has an inner conscious which helps differentiate a person between right and wrong. The money being spoken about in this case is the provident fund of employes who have worked hard over the years to earn it. Putting the money of these middle class people at risk is completely unethical and a wrong thing to do.
2. Credibility - Every deal happens not only between two entities but also amongst two people and hence deals are always sealed with human gestured like handshakes. All these relations build up a persons goodwill and a persons goodwill is very import and to engage into any form of business or deal in India. Nobody will do andy trade with you if they don't trust you and hence losing credibility should not be an option being taken into consideration.
3. Customer loyalty and relationship - Rita should not risk her personal relationship with the customer because of the ill doings of the company she works for. Doing so will surely spoil her relationship with the customer and give her a disloyal image.
4. Personal reputation - If the scam get unmasked, all the relationship she has created with her clients over the years will be lost as her reputation will not hold any value anymore.

Reasons for option 3:-

1. Going to the boss will reduce the burden on her conscious as she will not be the one taking the decision. Let the boss decide what needs to be done.

Disadvantages of option 1:-

1. Risk of legal case for committing fraud with a client
2. Personal reputation credibility and integrity at risk.  
3. Relations with customers at risk

Disadvantages of option 2:-

1. Ruin her career
2. Risk not getting a job at any other company

Disadvantages of option 3:

1. Risk of questioning the bosses decision which he might not like.

Decision - Find a way to avoid the situation and go to the bosses with a solution. Should not take the check from the investor.