Business and Society 9th Edition by Archie Carroll,Ann Buchholtz

Exercise 4

Where Did the Corn Go?
When I was serving at another institution, I found myself in a bit of an ethics quandary. As I was at work one day, a part broke on our corn auger. This particular time it occurred on a weekend. So I had to find a way to feed the animals. I decided my best course of action was to go to an adjacent research unit, get the corn from their bin, and shovel it into our mixer that had scales so the animals could get fed.
As I was pulling in the driveway of the other unit in my farm truck, I met the farm foreman in his personal truck as he was leaving with a pickup load filled with corn. I told him what I was planning to do and he just agreed with my plan and continued out the drive toward his house. I did as I had planned and noticed there were other workers present at the research unit and they just seemed to not care about any coming or going at the unit.
These activities seemed strange, so I talked to other workers and asked if they had noticed any unusual things happening on the weekend. They said it was happening on a regular basis and the Center Director was aware of it but did nothing to stop it. The Center Director and I did not see eye to eye on several issues, but I could not imagine his disregard for what seemed to be happening. At one time he had told me I didn't fit in there because I could not communicate on a working man's level and didn't understand what it took to work within an established system. This Center Director has a PhD in Weed Science but saw things from a very different vantage point.
1. Who are the stakeholders in this scenario and what are their stakes?
2. Is the Center Director a stakeholder? Should I go to the Center Director with my questions or would I just risk losing my job?
3. If I went above him to a higher manager what would be the repercussions?
4. Should I just turn my back on this situation and hope that one day someone will discover the truth?