As the vice president in charge of real estate at Desperate Airlines Company, Nash has two options. Faced with a dilemma, these options will depend on what advice he follows. In such a situation, Nash has to consider his own career at Desperate Air, his relationship with the managers at his work place, his company’s financial situation, the Fledglings Industry Company, the law point of view and even the fact that the property may end up being a residential area in the near future.
He can decide to follow his own conscience and be honest enough to tell the managers of fledglings Industries. This is obviously a decision that will risk his job, his relationship with the senior managers at the company and those affiliated to the air line. However, being honest and revealing the potential defects in the property in Florida would be a good idea. This is because Fledglings Industries is a property developer firm that will develop this land into a residential area. With the presence of biohazard and toxic materials around the land, the future residents to this place would face risking their health and life coming into contact with these materials. Honesty in revealing the defects would save these people the danger.
Nash’s second option would be giving in to the demands of the new manager and abiding by the advice of the company’s lawyer. This option will ensure that the Fledglings firm purchases the land successfully without the knowledge that the land has some defects. Desperate Airlines will be able to raise funds from the property too. As much as this would be good for his own company, it will be unfair to the buying firm since important information about the property was concealed prior to the purchase. It will also be exposing danger to the future inhabitants of this land. By following this option, Nash would have also abided by the law of the state, meaning there are no legal crimes even if there was any future harm from the property.
This situation would be a big dilemma to Nash. Despite the fact that he should be loyal to his employer and abide by the law, which leads him to the second option, Nash should be considerate enough to care about the buying firm and the future residents because they face a higher risk compare to when the property was sold for some other purpose. Better still, Nash can just disclose the defects so that a research is done to establish if the property was safe to future settlers. Therefore, Nash should be guided by his own personal values and not his senior employee’s opinions in deciding what is right.
Reference
Allen, D. R. (2004). Customer satisfaction research management: a comprehensive guide to integrating customer loyalty and satisfaction metrics in the management of complex organizations (Illustrated ed.). New Mexico: ASQ Quality Press.
