A high-level finance computer programmer is sitting at his cubicle working on an upgrade that his…

A high-level finance computer programmer is sitting at his
cubicle working on an upgrade that his management assigned to him. As he works
on his project, he overhears one of his co-workers talking to his wife, who has
a major role at an important charity organization in the community. He hears
how his fellow co-worker is explaining about how he had created an account
dedicated to funding a charity because the company does not make any
contributions at all. He hears his coworker also say that he did this without
getting any approval from his senior-level management and explain that the way
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A high-level finance computer programmer is sitting at his
cubicle working on an upgrade that his management assigned to him. As he works
on his project, he overhears one of his co-workers talking to his wife, who has
a major role at an important charity organization in the community. He hears
how his fellow co-worker is explaining about how he had created an account
dedicated to funding a charity because the company does not make any
contributions at all. He hears his coworker also say that he did this without
getting any approval from his senior-level management and explain that the way
the program works is that it takes very small fractions of cents that have been
rounded off and over multiple transactions dumps the fractions of cents into
this account made for charity. As he hears his co-worker explain this to his
wife, he wonders to himself, “What should I do? Should I tell management? He is
my friend and technically it is for a good cause… right?”

 1. Who are the stakeholders in this situation and what are
their stakes?

2. Should the listener report the conversation he overheard
to management?

 3. Is your answer affected by the fact that the money is
going to a good cause?

4. Is your answer affected by the fact that the company gives
no money to charity?

 5. Is there some alternative way this situation should be
handled?

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