XYZ Corporation permits its employees to borrow company tools. Engineer Al House took full advantage of this privilege. He went one step further and ordered tools for his unit that would be useful for his home building projects even though they were of no significant use to his unit at XYZ. Engineer Stacy Green had suspected for some time that Al was ordering tools for personal rather than company use, but she had no unambiguous evidence until she overheard a revealing conversation between Al and Gina Deal, a contract salesman from whom Al frequently purchased tools.
Stacy was reluctant to directly confront Al. They had never gotten along well, and Al was a senior engineer who wielded a great deal of power over Stacy in their unit. Stacy was also reluctant to discuss the matter with the chief engineer of their unit, in whom she had little confidence or trust Eventually Stacy decided to talk with the Contract Procurement Agent, whose immediate response was, "This really stinks." The Contract Procurement Agent agreed not to reveal that Stacy had talked with him. He then called the chief engineer, indicating only that a reliable source had informed him about Al House's inappropriate purchases. In turn, the chief engineer confronted Al. Finally, Al House directly confronted each of the engineers in his unit he thought might have "ratted" on him. When Al questioned Stacy, she denied any knowledge of what took place. Later Stacy explained to her partner, "I was forced to lie. I told Al, 'I don't know anything about this." List and discuss at least 5 ethical issues this case raises.