Question

An employee has come to you with a request to take on a part-time job. The employee would be working for Price Waterhouse as a contract employee during tax season. The employee has assured you that she will not work more than 20 hours a week, primarily on weekends. Price-Waterhouse is one of the five accounting firms that has put a bid in to do the auditing for G-BioSport.

Possible Solutions:

Allow the accountant to work as long as a confidentiality agreement is signed.

Allow the accountant to work as long as the company does not choose PW for the audit work.

Do not allow the accountant to work for PW or any other accounting auditing company but do allow other part-time work.

Do not change the policy and allow the employee to work with no strings attached.

Finally, consider whether each option contributes to an ecology of care. Which option best meets the requirement for building a strong community and strong institutions.

Answer 1

Do not change the policy and allow the employee to work with no strings attached.

I believe that this is the best option in this context because the employee wants to do this part time and that too mostly on weekends which will also not affect the man hours of the employee in her organization and it will also display that the employer actually cares for the employee and trust her but the employee should also maintain the attitude not to disclose any trade secrets of any of the organization and the no strings attached relation means that the employee will just be working part time without having major contract or agreement with the employer.