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Jean accepts the offer, but he does not inform anyone at Acme Corporation
of his decision. Working at home on evenings and weekends, he develops his
own set of instructional materials. He takes a week of paid vacation from work,
travels to East Daktoa, and teaches the class.
Analysis
From our list of fundamental principles, quite a few are relevant here:
. Be impartial.
. Take responsibility for your actions and inactions.
. Disclose information that others ought to know.
. Maintain your integrity.
. Continually improve your abilities.
Examining the clauses associated with each of these fundamental principles,
the ones that most closely fit this case study are as follows:
. 2.08 Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their
primary employer.
Employers provide employees with weekends off and paid vacations so
that they can rest from their labors and return to work refreshed and able
to perform at a high level. You could argue that Jean's consulting work
was detrimental to his “day job” at Acme Corporation because it filled his
evenings and weekends and kept him from getting a proper vacation.
. 3.04 Ensure that they are qualified for any project on which they work or
propose to work by an appropriate combination of education and training, and
experience.
Based on his prior experience at Acme, Jean was certainly well qualified to
develop the instructional materials and teach the class in East Dakota. He
has fulfilled this obligation of the Code.
. 4.05 Disclose to all concerned parties those conflicts of interest that cannot
reasonably be avoided or escaped.
By accepting the consulting job with the East Dakota state government,
Jean created a conflict of interest between himself and Acme Corporation.
Namely, it is in Jean's interest if East Dakota does not purchase the gold
level of support, but it is in Acme Corporation's interest if East Dakota does
buy the gold level of support. Jean violated this clause by not disclosing his
consulting job to Acme Corporation.
. 6.05 Not promote their own interest at the expense of the profession, client or
employer.
By agreeing to teach the class in East Dakota, Jean put his own interest above
that of his employer. Clearly, the East Dakota state government recognized
a need to have some on-site training. If Jean did not accept the consulting
job, the East Dakota government may have gone back to the gold level of
support from Acme.
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