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Case Study 1: The Boss's Daughter as Applicant
1.
As head of the Human-Resource department, you received a phone call from your boss who was also the
board president and your godfather, asking to determine whether or not you received his daughter's
application for a current job opening. You indicated that it had, indeed, come in, but that the closing date for
the paperwork/filing of application had passed. "Oh," he said, "you are not going to let a qualified candidate
be excluded because of a closing date, are you?" then he added quickly, "but let me not interfere. As you hung
up the phone, you replayed the conversation in your mind and pondered the implications. Later that day, your
senior manager asked to see you. Despite offering him a chair, he close chose to stand by the door that he had
just closed and said, "I hear that the boss's daughter has applied for the opening. You are going to consider
her, are you? She worked here years ago, and there were problems. The place will be up in your arms if you
take her back.” He smilingly added, "I just wanted to let you know and help.” Then he turned on his heel and
left.
QUESTION: If you were faced with this situation, how are you going to resolve the dilemma?
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