Question

Suppose an employee engages in an office romance that involves in-office sexual activity. The employee is originally from Chile, where there are sanctions against such behaviors, and the behavior is against the law in the state. The employee feels "liberated" away from the home country and believes that "freedom" means the ability to do as you wish. This approach to situational ethics demands a response from the leadership in the organization.

Answer 1

The given situation wherein the employee firstly engages in office romance and then in a sexual activity reflects the deeper sort of allied ethical facets.

The employee would have not done the same if he would have been in Chile as there are sanctions against such a behaviour.

But as the employee tends to be away from the homeland, he tends to be free and interprets the "Wrong meaning" of freedom in the context of the country he is working in.

The leadership in the organisation should not tolerate this irrespective of the scene whether such a behaviour is with a sanction in this country or not.

Basically, any kind of office romance and sexual activity are prohibited at workplaces and this is definitely the part of the code of conduct in the organisation.

There's a need to reflect with some appropriate punishment matching the misbehaviour which is also immoral/ unethical and unjust.

This will assure "no repitition" of such a behaviour in nearer future in the organisation. If the employee is not punished, such a behaviour may be taken for granted by the other employees.