Critical Thinking and Application Problem Essay

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Positive effects:

UPB management will be able to capitalize on the five years of training and other investments in Mark Williams

The colleagues will feel a sense of security as Williams has decided to stick with the company

Costs with replacing him will now be incurred and the money could be used in another direction

UPB clients will be content as they will not have to switch consultants

Mark Williams will feel loyal and the sense that he has betrayed his 'savior' will not torment him

Negative effects:

Mark Williams will continually feel frustrated with the sense of things at UPB

He will give up his opportunities for further professional development and promotions

It is highly possible that his sacrifice will not even be recognized by the UPB stakeholders

7. Reflections

Mark Williams graduated Business College and found a job at UBP Consulting in a time in which nobody else would hire him. Due to processes of internal reorganizations, the company that had supported his professional formation had become an entity not to the liking of Williams and many of his colleagues.

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Mark was offered a new job that would grant him more benefits (financial and non-financial). The ethical question relies in whether or not he should take the job and generate negative impacts upon the company that believed in him when no one else would.

Both of the available alternatives generate a series of implications. Leaving the company creates feelings of guilt but offer opportunities for career development. Remaining with UPB translates into loyalty, but accompanied by frustration. The most ethical decision is that of remaining within UPB, despite the personal disadvantages it creates for Mark Williams. Given this status quo then, the final refection is that the most ethical decision, or the right decision, is not always in the best interest of the individual......

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