Case study Going Along to Get Along You have recently cleared Punjab civil services examination and ...........

 Going Along to Get Along?

You have recently cleared Punjab civil services examination and have been newly given charge as the director of the city''s bureau of restaurant inspection services. One of your first acts is to conduct a few site visits as a way of learning firsthand about your job. To your surprise and dismay, you find that many inspectors are ignoring serious health code violations.

You decide to discuss your findings with your boss, Dr.RajinderKaur, who is the head of the city''s health department. Dr.Kaur, who has recently proposed a substantial budget increase to a receptive city manager and city council, suggests to you that there might be some negative fall out to the department if the problems in the restaurant bureau become public—as they might if an inspector under investigation decides to argue publicly that department brass knew about the situation. Dr.Kaur advises you to handle the situation with appropriate discretion and regard lilt- the interests of the organizational team.

Discussion questions

1. Should you go along to get along with your boss, Dr.RajinderKaur?

2. Should you be a good team player and postpone corrective action so as not to upset the financial applecart?

3. Or should you launch an investigation and take appropriate disciplinary and site corrective actions to protect the public interest?

4. Has Dr.RajinderKaur put you in an unfair, perhaps compromising position? For instance, if the problem becomes public and you postpone corrective action, have you been set up by her for a fall?

By: Mona Kaushal