Miranda Relationship Case Study

Miranda and Frank had continued to keep their relationship quiet due to the no fraternization policy that was in place at the organization. Frank had recently been promoted after he had begun to date my friend and was torn between on what he should do. Frank knew this could potentially be a huge conflict of interest. Potentially Frank, as well as Miranda could have lost their job if upper management had found out about the relationship. Frank did not want to possibly loose out on the opportunity at advancing in his career or on someone he was falling in love with. Therefore, both Frank and Miranda decided together that as long as their relationship stayed outside of work, they both felt there was no reason to bring an end to their relationship …show more content…
From my understanding at the time, Miranda no longer wanted to see Frank for reasons she never disclosed to me; however, Frank continued to pressure her to continue the relationship. After a few more weeks, Miranda decided to finally put an end to their relationship, resulting in an extreme amount of discomfort between the two. Nevertheless, Miranda continued to try and make things as amicable with Frank as she could, but she felt the situation was only getting worse. Miranda disclosed to me that Frank had been persistently harassing her inside and outside of the workplace. For example, Miranda explained that Frank would continually try to fondle her at work, and when she resisted, he would respond with foul based sex terms and scold her. Another example occurred outside of work, on numerous occasions where Frank would send Miranda harassing text messages, threatening her job if she continued to refuse to get back together with him. Miranda explained that she felt obligated to respond to his threats and had begun to take part in sexual activities with him in order to secure her …show more content…
According to Cooper (2012, p. 29), “We describe to ourselves, and sometimes to others, what we believe to be the objective state of affairs and then attempt to prescribe what specific steps should be taken to change their situation.” It involves a five step process which includes describing the case, defining the ethical dilemma, analyzing different courses of actions that could be taken, identifying the consequences associated with each course of action, and finding a solution that is consistent with one’s core values. As seen in the above section of the case the situation and the ethical dilemma at hand has been described in detail. The evident dilemma I faced was whether I should notify my boss of the hostile work environment that has occurred in the workplace or choose to remain