A Matter of Ethics Chapter 16

1. The ethical issues are that he is working for a second company and the company is his first company's enemy. By him telling you this information, you now have the weight to carry to keep it a secret. Bob may also be taking your company's accounting information.
2. The alternatives are to just let it go and let Bob work for both companies, tell Bob to tell his boss about working for the other company or to tell the boss because you don't know if Bob is taking your company's accounting information.
3. The affected parties are you, Bob, your boss and both companies.
4. The alternatives could help or hurt the affected parties by having the accounting information be shared, or by having someone who works for your competition.
5. I would tell my boss because I would not want to be accused of money missing or have anything to do with what Bob might be doing to help the other company.



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