A Quandary OF Business Ethics

Recently I've come across a few little ethical quandaries, and seeing as though blogging at work doesn't cross any personal ethical boundaries I thought I'd pose them to all you lucky readers out there.

1. At our office we have a girl who does the staffing for our production level employees. The staffing girl is a bit ditzy at times, but she's really nice so I over look it a lot. (She spends 8 hours a day on myspace, hisssss). Today her supervisor came in so I asked him to wait while I called her to the front desk. Before she came to the front he tells me "thanks for calling back there, but just so you know there are times that I'm going to come in that I don't' want you to call her."

It's pretty clear this guy isn't too huge a fan of our staffing girl, and his implication is that he wants to catch her "not working." so the question is, should I continue to announce him so she won't get in trouble or should I not interfere? (FYI, these people affect my position in no way, shape, or form.)

2. While ordering the office supplies I noticed that though suppliers like Office Depot, there are offers for free stuff on orders over $50, like luggage and radios. Now, normally I'd place supply orders that were well over the mark (like $500) so getting the free stuff is always in my grasp. These purchases are strictly made for the company, not for personal use.

Seeing as though if we spend over $50 we get free shipping the luggage wouldn't cost the company anything, so should I order supplies, use the coupon, and keep the luggage for my self?

3. I've noticed that my company produces a lot of waste, and I mean a lot. We waste tons of copy paper and fill dumpsters full of discarded plastic parts. The company has been in business for years, but no one has instituted a recycling program for these materials. If I were to move on this, I would make a fuck-ton of work for my self, step on a few toes, and probably get no real recognition.

So should I work on the recycling issue or should I just keep quite? (keep in mind, they've already passed me over once for a promotion and show no intention of moving out of my receptionist position.)




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