Question

You’re the plant manager in one of ABC Company’s five plants. You’ve worked for the company for 15 years, working your way up from the factory floor after the company sent you to college. Your boss just told you in complete confidence that the company will have to lay off 200 workers. Luckily, your job won’t be affected. But a rumor is circulating in the plant, and one of your workers (an old friend who now works for you) asks the question. “Well, Pat, what’s the word? Is the plant closing? Am I going to lose my job? The closing on our new house is scheduled for next week. I need to know.”

What will you say?

Answer 1

Answer:

I will be ethically moral to the co-worker, who is an old friend about the ongoing situation. I will ask him to be patient till the final decision comes on any lay off.

Parallel, I will check with boss about the timeline or notice period for lay off. Then, depending on criticality of timeline, I will be honest and tell co-employee that such situation may come with the company in near future, but still start looking for another and better job as soon as possible, so as to create a back up for professional career and not to suffer any financial loss or opportunity loss in the near future.

It is an ethical dilemma because one has to keep the confidentiality of superior and company’s decision or process and on the other hand, if one has to help a co-employee so that his professional and personal life does not get destroyed. So it’s better to check with boss how near or how far lay off situation is and then inform friend/ co-employee, keeping him in confidence, so that the message does not leak further. Ethics and moral lies on both the sides and it is necessary to maintain both of them, and better find a common ground for resolution and good will on both sides.

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