Imagine that you are the head of the county s convention and visitors bureau CVB You have worked yo...........

 Imagine that you are the head of the county’s convention and visitors bureau (CVB). You have worked your way up through the ranks to become the head of the CVB after a distinguished twenty-nine year county career and have a strong sense of ownership in the bureau. You have been largely responsible for building it into a successful agency. As it happens, an aging former, now retired but long serving chairman of the Board of County Commissioners dies (let’s call him Mr. Smith). The current chair orders the building supervisors of all county facilities to lower the county flag to half-mast out of respect for the passing of the chairman. You object! Why? The former chair in your opinion was a model of “negativity, hate, and prejudice”—a racist. You do not believe it would be appropriate to honor Mr. Smith by lowering the flag.

Your boss disagrees and you receive a string of e-mail messages informing you that you could either lower the flag or retire effective immediately. You are fifty-one years old and earn $65,235.

Discussion Questions

1. Do you lower the flag?

2. Do you plead with your boss to be allowed to keep your job?

3. Do you resign?

By: Rakesh Kumar Barik