Professional/Workplace Dilemma
Before I embarked upon my study at the University of Phoenix, I found myself embroiled in a rather uncomfortable, albeit unspoken workplace conflict of professional ethics and personalities. A member of my office, who I will call a Ms. X, often used the workspace and place time to conduct her personal business. Frequently, my own nearby work was interrupted by her loud comments, as she discussed her various personal affairs and her out-of-work part time business dealings (she frequently sold products through the Internet, as well as worked in my place of employment, I gathered) and made it very clear, to me, as well as to other members of company staff that often her life outside the office took up a great deal of her paid work time.
As I was not her immediate supervisor, at first I thought this was none of my business. I tried to ignore Ms. X's ethical infringements, although I knew that the highest levels of the company management were extremely vigilant about employee time theft, and frowned upon employees abusing work time for their private life, especially when the positions we held were considered to have the privilege of minimal supervision in exchange for maximum trust. In other words, it was assumed that we would use the time we had for the company's benefit and did not need to be 'baby sat' as employees, regarding the way we spent our time. I knew Ms. X was abusing that trust. I also knew that upper level management was becoming somewhat concerned about the...
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