MPOB Assignment 3 Due Date: 17th Nov.

Pallavi Singh (2K22/EMBA/15)

Apoorva Tiwari (2K22/EMBA/07)
Sakshi (2K22/EMBA/20)
Naveen Kumar (2K22/EMBA/14)

Question .1 You have discovered that one of your closest friends at work has stolen a large sum of money from the company.
Would you do nothing? Go directly to an executive to report the incident before talking about it with the offender? Confront the
individual before taking action? Make contact with the individual with the goal of persuading that person to return the money?

Answer: Firstly, I would gather proof of the “alleged” wrongdoing, if confirmed, then only I will utilize the right
hierarchical routing to report. Yes, I would directly go to the executive as there are big chances the offender may just
deny it. I would not necessarily enjoy doing moral policing and hence nor will I try to persuade the offender.
Although in some extent, I would like to follow the most popular policy named: Whistle blower Policy.
A whistle blower as defined by this policy is an employee of any Organization or Company who reports an activity
that he/she considers to be illegal or dishonest to one or more of the parties specified in this Policy. The whistle
blower is not responsible for investigating the activity or for determining fault or corrective measures; appropriate
management officials are charged with these responsibilities.
If an employee has knowledge of or a concern of illegal or dishonest fraudulent activity, the employee is to contact
his/her immediate supervisor or the Human Resources Director. The employee must exercise sound judgment to
avoid baseless allegations. An employee who intentionally files a false report of wrongdoing will be subject to
discipline up to and including termination.

Question: 2 You are in the process of hiring a new assistant, and your number-one client in terms of dollar value in
sales has suggested that his sister-in-law would be ideal for the job. You have interviewed her, but believe that another candidate
you interviewed is better qualified. You are concerned that if you don’t hire the client’s sister-in-law, however, you may lose
some or all of your client’s business.

Answer: If hiring the sister-in-law ensures a sure-shot way to ensure the client’s business, I would hire the sister-in-law. The
reasons would be:

a. If she is incompetent, she will eventually be anyways fired for not doing her job etc.
b. If she turns out to be a hardworking, diligent employee, then good for her to improve upon herself.

A company needs to float on sales and hence getting clients if top priority.

Question 3: You want to get feedback from people who are using one of your competitor’s products. You believe you will get
much more honest responses from these people if you disguise the identity of your company. Your boss suggests you contact
possible participants by using the fictitious name of the Consumer Marketing Research Corporation. What would you do?

Answer: Sure, I would comply with the Boss’s suggestions. Simply because why not? Many a times, even in colleges and/or
Universities, students do not prefer to reveal their identities when giving feedback for a professor. It’s a similar situation (only
reversed). In addition to honest feedback, there is a lack of fear and embarrassment and the end goal is to improve the products,
not make your friends happy.

Question 4: Your company policy on reimbursement for meals while travelling on company business is that you will
be repaid for your out-of-pocket costs, which are not to exceed $50 a day. You do not need receipts
for these expenses—the company will take your word. When travelling, you tend to eat at fast-food places and rarely spend more
than $15 a day. Most of your colleagues submit reimbursement requests in the range of $45 to $50 a day regardless of what their
actual expenses are. How much would you request for your meal reimbursements?

Answer: In India, taxation laws, FDs, property value, Postal Schemes – all are sprinkled with loopholes. I don’t think that’s some
genius co-incidence, it is simply how we are as a culture – “shades of grey”. The company knows what employees do. It is not
what is fair, it is about what is expected. The differential of 30-35$ can mean a lot for some and may end up being that extra cash
for family or household expense, so I say – “What is so wrong in claiming it?”