A Beauitful Thing

A Beauitful Thing

  • Submitted By: tombomby
  • Date Submitted: 12/09/2008 10:20 AM
  • Category: English
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Summarize what you believe to be the key facts in the case. Many people who apply for jobs tend to exaggerate about their past employment, education, and/or skills on their resume. The perfect name to describe such cases would be, “Puffing the Resume.” Statistics show that 25 percent of all resumes contain misstatements like fudged job titles, fabrication of jobs and false reasons for leaving a previous job. Describe your understanding of the company’s long-term ethical problems. For those companies who have hired such employees such as Dial Corporation and Honeywell should consider doing background checks to ensure that they are hiring an honest individual and all the knowledge, skills and abilities they possess are factual. Firms that specialize in background checks such as Vericon Resources will ensure that all potential hires are ready for the job that is if companies are willing to spend money on such a company. Whose interests are being served in the case? What ethical views are represented? It is in the best interest of the company that they do not hire those that have lied for having an MBA or a bachelor’s degree. It is unethical for those individuals to give false information to their employer in order to receive a higher salary or management level positions. Failing to disclose pertinent information will result in termination as done with Diana Green and Michael Oliver. What are your proposed long-term solutions to the company’s problem? A proposal to these companies that experience unethical situations would ask themselves, “The Twelve Questions,” check, and see what mishaps they can try to prevent from this situation surfacing again (pgs 21-29). In addition, use some outsourcing by hiring a company who specialize in background checks. They will be only be used when the company has already made a decision who they are going to hire. This will almost guarantee that the individual is planning to hire will be a guaranteed investment. Whose interest will...

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