What Do You Do? 1. Honour the agreement, trusting Winston's rehabilitation is complete on all levels and that he is now ready for a responsible position. recommendation. 13/21 2. Contact the vice-president of sales and ask him to release you Hoii uiv agreement or to give the reference himself. After all, he made the agreement. You don't want to lie. 3. Without mentioning specifics, give Winston such an unenthusiastic reference that you hope the other human resources director can read between the lines and believe that Winston will be a poor choice.
What Do You Do? 1. Honour the agreement, trusting Winston's rehabilitation is complete on all levels and that he is now ready for a responsible position. recommendation. 13/21 2. Contact the vice-president of sales and ask him to release you Hoii uiv agreement or to give the reference himself. After all, he made the agreement. You don't want to lie. 3. Without mentioning specifics, give Winston such an unenthusiastic reference that you hope the other human resources director can read between the lines and believe that Winston will be a poor choice.
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Transcribed Image Text:enough to precipitate his dismissal. His customers were devoted to him, but t
succeeded. Only his unique blend of technical knowledge and high-powered sales
severance deal with Terry Winston. The Midwest regional sales manager for Cyn-
on his work as the salesman and installer of Cyn-Com's respiratory diagnostic
management was reluctant to continue gambling on his reliability. Lives depended
Com Systems. Winston's problems with drugs and alcohol had become severe
As director of human resources, Tess Danville was asked to negotiate a
A Conflict of Responsibilities
Case Si
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technology. Winston had been warned twice to clean up his act, but had c
ability had saved him before.
But now the vice-president of sales asked Danville to offer Winston the ontie
of resigning rather than be fired if he would sign a noncompete agreement and
agree to go into rehabilitation. Cyn-Com would also extend a guarantee f
confidentiality on the abuse issue and a good work reference as thanks for the
millions of dollars of business that Winston had brought to Cyn-Com. Winston agreed
to take the deal. After his departure, a series of near disasters was uncovered as
a result of Winston's mismanagement. Some of his maneuvers to cover up his
mistakes bordered on fraud.
Today Danville received a message to call the human resources director at a
cardiopulmonary technology company to give a personal reference on Terry
Winston. From the area code, Danville could see that he was not in violation of
the noncompete agreement. She had also heard that Winston had completed a 30-
day treatment programme as promised. Danville knew she was expected to honour
the confidentiality agreement, but she also knew that if his shady dealings had
been discovered before his departure, he would have been fired without any
agreement. Now she was being asked to give Winston a reference for another
medical sales position.
What Do You Do?
1. Honour the agreement, trusting Winston's rehabilitation is complete on all
levels and that he is now ready for a responsible position.
recommendation.
13/21
2. Contact the vice-president of sales and ask him to release you 1v1i uiv
agreement or to give the reference himself. After all, he made the
agreement. You don't want to lie.
3. Without mentioning specifics, give Winston such an unenthusiastic reference
that you hope the other human resources director can read between the
lines and believe that Winston will be a poor
choice.
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