Tom Is a Human Resource Intern for a Staffing Agency

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Tom is a human resource intern for a staffing agency. One day, Tom get a call from a client requesting that they send "white only" applicants. Tom's boss does not want to lose the client because times are tough and profits are tight. He tells him to follow the customer's request, even though he knows it violates equal employment opportunity laws. After considerable thought, Tom decides complying with his boss' instructions to place profits before equal opportunity violates his personal code of ethics and quits. Tom's ethical values illustrate the ethics of virtue.