Marcha McCaskey Case
Ethical problems:
At Hackert’s team, agree Rendall’s behavior, which is routinely paid ex-employees of the target companies to obtain highly sensitive information of Seleris’s clients.
Senior associates had been upset over the previous year’s bonus. The senior management explained to all of them how the division was going through a growth phase and they all given the same bonus, however, Richardson and Malone showed up with a brand new Mercedes at New Year’s party. So they may take bonus for themselves.
On McCaskey’s second assignment, she tried to gather information with two old guard, however, one was out of town and the other guy Rendall trend to be difficult and uncooperative.
Many of her projects required detail information about a client’s competitors. Where to draw a line on proprietary information? Was she about to engage “gentleman’s industrial espionage”?
Its unusual for IAD to hire consultants for $4000-$5000 but in one case, Rendall had paid an ex-employee of a target company a “consulting” fee of $5000. And the management seems ok with that.
There’s no formal and written policies’ regarding the solicitation and performance of IAD’s contract.
On McCaskey’s current’s project Silicon 6, she find Devon a consultant in southern California. Devon was being too helpful and make she wonder if he might be leading her on to find out whom she was looking for.
After the senior management knew she found ex-employee of the target company, they offered her an upcoming promotion if she successfully complete Silicon 6.
Hackert suggested that offered consulting fee of &7000 instead of $4000 to Devon for such important project.
Alternatives:
McCaskey won’t sure what to do