Your agency has received a state grant At the end of the fiscal year you face a decision whether to ...........

Your agency has received a state grant. At the end of the fiscal year you face a decision whether to return unspent portions of the grant to a state that is in dire need, to spend the money on nonessentials, or to encourage employees doing valuable work on other projects to list their unfunded work under the budget for this grant, thereby zeroing-out the grant. You know that if all of the money is not spent, next year’s grant will be reduced by a substantial amount. What should you do?

Discussion these Questions in around 200 words

1. Is this an ethical matter?

2. A management matter? Both? Neither?

By: Rakesh Kumar Barik