Reading 1.1—You, That First Step, the Slippery Slope, and a Credo (4 of 14) • Wh

Reading 1.1—You, That First Step, the Slippery Slope, and a Credo (4 of 14) • Why Didn’t They Say Something? 1.1: The Travel Expense That Got Away − An executive assistant notices that travel expenses for an executive were not for company-related travel. − Should she have raised questions? − What would prevent you from raising questions? − Could she just follow organizational processes and point out the lack of documentation and inconsistencies with hotel and air travel expenses? − Is it possible that the assistant could keep the executive out of ethical difficulty by speaking up? Jennings, Business Ethics: Case Studies and Selected Readings, 10th Edition. © 2024 Cengage. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in 7 Reading 1.1—You, That First Step, the Slippery Slope, and a Credo (5 of 14) • Famous Lines from Art and Literature: Groundhog Day − “Watch that first step. It’s a doozy.” − The failure to report a single expense issue gives license to see if other unauthorized expenses will be permitted. − It is important to understand the future conduct. − Altering depreciation formulas may seem to be a technical determination, but its use opens the door to future alterations that may be expansive and not justified. − The smallest of ethical dilemmas when not adequately analyzed open the door to license to expand the actions that may seem insignificant and technical initially.