Question

Bob, the owner of Orthopedic Supply, just discovered that his trusted friend Ruth, his accountant for over 30 years, has been mishandling the company books and stealing from the company bank account. Bob must decide whether to ignore his friend's actions and avoid bad publicity for Orthopedic Supply, or to have Ruth arrested for embezzlement. Bob is facing:

Answer 1

Answer: Ethical dilemma

Explanation: Ethical dilemma is the situation that creates dilemma in making the decision between two requests.If any one of the request is considered then the another request will result infringing other .Thus, opting one request is a complex task to do because that can raise a conflict.

The situation of ethical dilemma is faced by Bob because he is in dilemma whether to handover Ruth to police but he is his friend or to ignore the fraud done by him which will result in negative publicity of Orthopedic supply center.