THICAL DILEMMA Personal Values and Ethics in the Workplace Sipho Dlamini was born in a small rural village in Swaziland. He spent his childhood years looking after his family's live- and wrestled in his mind that night with the options before stock. The community upheld high values, such as honesty him. He had grown up with strong personal values that and respect, but the people were desperately poor. He real- included honesty and hard work, but his family needed the ized that he would have to go to South Africa and apply for extra income. What was he to do? a job at a gold mine. As a young man Sipho left his village in the mountains and took on the difficult job of getting to South Africa. He went in search of one of his distant family members who was working for a gold mine near Johannesburg. He managed to find his relative, who was engaged as a per- sonnel assistant. Sipho's relative managed to find him a job as a general mine worker and accommodation in one of the mine hostels. Sipho was dedicated to his work, and time passed quickly. Every month, he forwarded most of his wages to his family in Swaziland. One day Sipho's family member called him into his office and informed him that he was due for promo- tion. He also told Sipho that he would be required to pay he did not pay the R500.00. Sipho returned to his room After a restless night, he returned the next day to the personnel assistant's office and handed him the R500.00. He was immediately promoted, but he returned to his room with a troubled mind. A few weeks later, the personnel assistant was reported and investigated for fraudulent be- havior. He was suspended from work, and the investigation revealed all his corrupt activities. The record he had kept on all employees who paid bribes to him was also found. All employees on this list were called in and charged with fraud. Sipho's name was on the list, and he was found guilty and dismissed from the service of the company along with all the others. Questions 5-11. What should Sipho have done differently? him P500.00 (about S60) for his "offorts" This