Issue 1
MDN Inc. is considering two employees for the job of senior manager. An internal candidate, Julie, has been with MDN for 12 years and received very good performance evaluations. The other candidate, Raoul, works for a competitor, and has valuable experience in the product market into which MDN wishes to expand. Do you think MDN has an obligation to hire Julie? Why or why not?
Issue 2
Do organizations have an ethical obligation to have a succession plan in place? If no, why not? If so, what is the ethical obligation and to whom is it owed?
Issue 3
Do individuals making staffing decisions have an ethical responsibility to know measurement issues? Why or why not?
Issue 4
Is it unethical for an employer to use a selection measure that has high empirical validity but lacks content validity? Explain.