Case Analysis: Case Study: Picking Up The Slack

In this case study “Picking up the Slack”, it is about two classmates, Greg and Natalie, who have been pursuing the same goal in business. In this analysis, it is about Greg’s friend, Natalie, who is not fairly putting her attention to the project that she supposed to complete which they began the teamwork since the start of the senior term. Any project that she needs to get it done has to be redone by their groupmates. When it comes to determine and evaluate the final presentation that Greg has to give to each of his members, he is facing a dilemma to evaluate Natalie honestly or give her a false evaluation so that she gets a better grade regardless of her poor work when they are going to graduate soon. Although everyone in his team has been …show more content…
In other words, it is based on the amount of their work that they contribute to something harder than the others. According to NCA Credo for Ethical Communication, “We are committed to the courageous expression of personal convictions in pursuit of fairness and justice”. But for Natalie’s effort in the group work is poor since the beginning of the term. So, her lack of effort in helping the work done might be the choice she sorted to do so at the beginning. By judging this approach, is it fair for the slacking off student getting the same grades to who put their efforts in and has to redo the work who is not really helping the work? The answer to this question would be simple; Natalie should not receive the same grade as to the others. It would not be fair for his team to pick up slack and the slacking off student gets the same grades as his teammates. However, if Greg applies this ethical standard, the consequence that Greg has to face is that Greg possibly jeopardizes his friendship with Natalie due to Natalie’s cumulative GPA drops badly. The fourth approach, the common good approach, Greek philosophers stated that “the notion that life in community is a good in itself and our actions should contribute to that life—interlocking relationships of society are the basis of …show more content…
Based on the value to judge Natalie, it is best to protect and respect the rights of others because she could have chosen this path since the beginning of freshman year. Plus, it is her own choices to choose the path that she leads by herself, but just not to be injured that involves me in. Particularly, the relationship between both of us would stay the same and she would be able to complete her goal which might be her last hope of graduation with a good grade.
As of the ethical standards based on Five Approaches to Ethical Standards above, the justice approach would be the best for Greg to use to confront with Natalie. While Greg gives the grade that Natalie deserves, it is best for his team to be graded fairly based on their hard working and Professor does not want to grade someone to pass who does not deserve to. However, Greg does not want to throw Natalie under the bus, but this approach to applies on Natalie would help change her ethic, work better in the future, and his teammates receive due