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Millicent is sexually harassed by a top-level senior executive in a large company. She sues
the company, and during settlement discussions she is offered an extremely large
monetary settlement. In the agreement, Millicent is required to confirm that the
executive did nothing wrong, and after the agreement is signed she is prohibited from
discussing anything about the incident publicly. Before the date scheduled to sign the
settlement agreement, the Millicent’s lawyer mentions that she has heard the executive
has done this before, and the settlement amount is very large because the company
probably had a legal obligation to dismiss the executive previously. The company
however wants to keep the executive because he is a big money maker for the company.
a) What are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study
b) Will it be morally right to dismiss the top-level senior executive who is a big money
maker for the company? Succinctly explain your answer?
EV(5)
c) In the quest to protect the reputation of the company, should Millicent accept the
large monetary settlement and why?
EV(7)
d) Discuss any Three strategies the company can adopt to curb any future occurrence
of sexual harassment?
CR(5)