Coleen Colombo and Sylvia Vegan-Sutfin, employees of BNC, where placed in an unethical work environment in which bribes were offered in return for pushing through falsified mortgage documents. When those bribes were brought to the attention of upper management the accusation was never looked into and harassment ensued for those who would not part take. This would eventually lead to a class action lawsuit against BNC. Coleen and Sylvia are two of the individuals named in the lawsuit against.
The first observation behavior I see is the ethical dilemma Coleen and Sylvia were placed in. An ethical dilemma occurs while weighing the variables of a decision. If they did not follow through with the bribery and processing of false documentation they were not conforming to the culture organization. The corporate culture at BNC was not only unethical but illegal. Colleen and Sylvia did not conform to this corporation culture, therefore, subject to alienation and quid pro quo harassment. Process the paperwork, stop bringing attention to the situation and the verbal,…show more content… Stress that is was caused by workplace incivility, which someone treats others without mutual respect. In this environment work related stress began to take a total of their mental health and could lead to physical health issues plus established personal stress. The concerns ranged from worrying about losing employment, inappropriate touching, aggression and additional financial burdens as work was rerouted to cut commissions.
This case study seems to fall into whistle blowing in my opinion. There was the disclosure of immoral and illegal activity, mortgage fraud and harassment, which could be changed. Whistle blowing would protect Coleen and Sylvia from many of the adverse actions
that occurred. On paper that invoking whistleblowing appears to resolve the issue but it reality it is far from
