Reference no: EM132241320

In this scenario, you are a manager of a work team in the U.S. Your team is visiting a client in another country where they treat women in the workplace differently. The purpose of your visit is to deliver a presentation of findings (results) from a research project that your team performed, for a fee, for the client.

Your team is composed of three employees—two men and one woman. Each team member worked on the research project. When your team has performed this same type of research project in the past for other clients, each team member (the two men and the woman) has delivered a portion of the presentation and has contributed equally to the discussion.

The client has hinted that only men should deliver presentations during meetings in their country, and given the country's culture and the client's attitude, the woman on your team feels uncomfortable about the upcoming visit. Now you must decide how to proceed.

1) As the manager of this team, which of the 6 ways of responding described on pp 47-48 (Avoiding throughCollaboration) would you choose and why?

2) Consider the two ethical questions on pg 48 (e.g., How morally significant is this situation? Is there home culture consensus regarding the issue?) and look at the questions in the “Ethical challenge” box at the top of pg 47. As you think about these questions and how you would answer them, does this change how you would respond to the situation above?

3) What if anything would you do or say your employee (the woman), to your entire team, or to the client to improve the situation?

4) What are some possible consequences that might occur after you follow your chosen response?

5) What might you do to alleviate this type of conflict in the future?