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Moral Courage and Identifying Mentors

Case Study Instructions:

View The Whistleblower, and complete the readings.
Then answer the following questions:
1. What did the organization need to decide?
2. What were the one or more moral problems?
3. How, if at all, did you empathize with Kathryn?
4. For what reasons, if any, did you admire Kathryn?
5. How, if at all, did you identify with Kathryn?
6. Is Kathryn one of your mentors? For what reasons?
Resources:
The following reading defines moral courage.
*Hannah, S. T., Avolio, B. J., & May, D. R. (2011). Moral maturation and moral conation: A capacity approach to explaining moral thought and action. Academy of Management Review, 36(4), 663-685. (focus on “Moral Courage” on pp. 676-677)
One way to build moral courage is to identify mentors. The following reading provides tips on how to find mentors in the workplace. Although it is written by a female for female professionals, the advice is pertinent to male professionals as well. Your journal entry will build on this reading, so I recommend that you read the questions for the journal entry before you go through the reading (select journal entry from the lesson navigation menu).
*Sandberg, S. (2013). Are you my mentor? (pp. 64-76). In Lean In: Women, work, and the will to lead. New York, New York: Lean In Foundation. (read all 13 pages)
Mentors can be not only people in the organization where you work but also individuals from history or even fictional stories and movies. This week, we will discuss the events depicted in the movie, The Whistleblower, about an historical figure about whom a movie has been made—Kathryn Bolkovac. The readings expand upon the movie by describing what happened to her after she became a whistleblower. This movie depicts scenes of human trafficking, sexual violence, and graphic violence in general, so watching the movie is optional, and feel free to read the articles and skip watching the film if that's not something you're comfortable with. Your discussion relies on the events discussed in the readings, so I recommend that you review the discussion questions before going through the materials.
*Rattray, C., Piovesan, C., Kaufman, A., & Nola, T. (Producers). (2010). The Whistleblower [Online movie]. Available from https://jhu(dot)kanopy(dot)com/video/whistleblower (watch all 112:00)
*NPR Staff. (2011, July 30). A “whistleblower” made into a Hollywood heroine. Weekend Edition Saturday. Retrieved from https://www(dot)npr(dot)org/2011/07/30/138826591/a-whistleblower-made-into-a-hollywood-heroine (read all 6 pages)
*Diu, N. L. (2012, February 6). What the UN doesn’t want you to know. The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www(dot)telegraph(dot)co(dot)uk/culture/film/9041974/What-the-UN-Doesnt-Want-You-to-Know.html (read all 6 pages)
*Slanjankic, A. (2016, February 29). Bolkovac: "UN tries to cover up peacekeeper sex abuse scandal." DW. Retrieved from http://m(dot)dw(dot)com/en/bolkovac-un-tries-to-cover-up-peacekeeper-sex-abuse-scandal/a-19082815 (read all 5 pages)

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1. What did the organization need to decide?
The organization needed to decide how to act, given the gravity of the allegations against the employees. On the one hand, it could investigate the matter by examining the evidence Kathryn presented. This would mean that the company would be forced to discover evils that employees committed. The move could adversely affect the reputation of the organization. On the other hand, the organization needed to protect its image by disregarding the evidence of sex trafficking. Doing this would entail covering the actions of the workers.
2. What were the one or more moral problems?
The reputation of the organization was at stake. The company’s management and the UN decided to cover the issue. They went ahead and fired Kathryn when they discovered she had leaked the information to the press. Additionally, Kathryn was aware that her actions could lead to disciplinary action. However, she had the moral courage to go ahead and expose the evil. Moral courage requires individuals to overcome threats and fear because of their morals (Hannah et al., 2011).
3. How, if at all, did you empathize with Kathryn?
I empathized with Kathryn because of being unfairly dismissed for whistleblowing. I would expect that her employer considered the allegations against the organization and investigated the matter. Instead, the company chose to fire Kathryn, alleging that she falsified timesheets (Slanjankic, 2016). It is painful that Kathryn exposed its employees for being involved in sex trafficking and got fired. One would expect that the management commended her for her boldness. Instead, the company was keen to protect its public image, and hence it sacrificed Kathryn.
4. For what reasons, if any, did you admire Kathryn?
I admired Kathryn for standing firm despite knowing the possible repercussions. Like any ordinary person working in a foreign country, Kathryn could have chosen to ignore the plight of the local people. She could have kept quiet and allowed the evil to conti...
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