Question

Read Anxious Alan and answer the following questions.

It is expected that each answer provided will contain fully developed thoughts and comments.

Anxious Alan Alan was excited about his new job with the local phar- macy. His family had always used the pharmacy, and he had many mem- ories from his childhood about what good and reliable business practices it seemed to have. He would be able to live in the same neighborhood, walk to work, and be home for dinner with his family. It was too good to be true. Alan was six months into his new job when he realized there was a problem. In his position in the finance office, he learned that the company had designed a billing system to cheat both customers and their insurance comp- anies. The system overcharged for services and had been in effect for almost five years now. The company actually had a tutorial for the software it had developed and trained employees on its use. When employees complained, they were told to "use it or lose it"—their job, that is.

Answer 1

1. If I had been an employee in the pharmacy and had been asked to use such unethical methods, I would have been extremely uncomfortable in the job. It is more likely that I would have started searching for another job.

2. I would have tried to confront the owners and warn them that I will be filing a lawsuit if they don't mend their ways. However, I don't think it would have changed the methods of the company's as it was highly likely that they wouldn't have taken me seriously due to them being an owner and I was merely working for them.

3. I think most of the employees were well aware of the whole situation but chose to keep quiet either to keep their job or to not get tangled in legal issues. therefore, it took five years before an honest and upright employee took matters into his own hands.

Answer 2

1. If I had been an employee in the pharmacy and had been asked to use such unethical methods, I would have been extremely uncomfortable in the job. It is more likely that I would have started searching for another job.

2. I would have tried to confront the owners and warn them that I will be filing a lawsuit if they don't mend their ways. However, I don't think it would have changed the methods of the company's as it was highly likely that they wouldn't have taken me seriously due to them being an owner and I was merely working for them.

3. I think most of the employees were well aware of the whole situation but chose to keep quiet either to keep their job or to not get tangled in legal issues. therefore, it took five years before an honest and upright employee took matters into his own hands.