Question

You never thought you would be selected for an internship, but you did succeed. You, along with your classmate Olya Kvalevcka, were spending the summer together,completing the final weeks of your coveted internships with PrizeWaterhome, CPAs. The only problem was that the firm intimated that, due to a slowdown in business, it would only give a permanent job offer to one of you. While waiting in a partner’s office, you happened to see Olya’s resume on his desk. The resume was sitting plainly in front you, so you began to kill time looking at it. Upon reading it, you noticed that Olya had misrepresented several things about herself. She stated that she was the Beta Alpha Psi vice-president, but she was only the vice president in charge of guest speakers, not the overall vice-president. She also said that she was Professor Salcedo’s teaching assistant, but you knew that this was false because you were Professor Salcedo’s teaching assistant. . .and he only employs one!Finally, her resume says that she was selected as the“top student in Intermediate Financial Accounting” and you have never heard of that award. You could barely sleep last night, thinking about whether you should tell someone in authority at PrizeWaterhome about these lies. What should you do?

Answer 1

At the time of employment or admission into any course of study, every person is bound by the principle of confidentiality. According to it, no one can disclose any matter unless it is mandated by law or regulation. The person has the responsibility to inform the governing board if it explicitly provides as such.

The legal responsibility of the person has an upper hand over the ethical principles. The misstated facts will be known to the employer at the time of their background checks and other controls related to employment. I need not disclose the facts to the prospective employer. Hence, I need not disclose the facts to prospective employer.