Hiring a Friend

A friend of yours wants to transfer to your division but he may not be the best qualified for the job. You do have an opening and one other person, whom you do not know, has applied. What do you do?

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Answers

Hiring a Friend: Answer A

Select the friend you know and in whom you have confidence.
Hiring a Friend: Answer B

Select the other person who you are told is qualified.
Hiring a Friend: Answer C

Request a qualifications comparison of the two from human resources.
Hiring a Friend: Answer D

Request human resources to extend the search for additional candidates before making the selection.

Cite this page: "Hiring a Friend" Online Ethics Center for Engineering 6/20/2006 National Academy of Engineering Accessed: Thursday, February 09, 2012 <www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/Case14.aspx>

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