RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP – REFLECTION PAPER 1

Name: Harsh Vardhan

PGID: 61910582

Ethical Problem at my Workplace

Prior to joining ISB, I worked at a consulting firm. Like many other businesses, a major dilemma
in the consulting is whether to prioritize profits over long term credibility – more so because
consultants have the freedom to define their workflow. Although an overall project budget is
defined before a client engagement begins, consultants bill their clients on a per hour basis.
I was part of a team serving a new client and the part of the project that was assigned to me had a
timeline of 15 days, but I could have completed the work in 5-6 days. I went to my manager and
informed him about this – however, to my utter disbelief, he told me that the reason behind the
extended timeline was to bill the client a higher amount. Although I questioned this practice to
increase profits, being a junior employee, I couldn’t do much to change that.
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