Aaron is an accountant who specializes in corporate taxes at Anderson & Westerhouse, a large accounting firm. Aaron has worked at A&W for five years and is hoping to be named a partner next year. His coworker Anne, who was hired at the same time as Aaron, also seeks to be named a partner, but it is not likely that A&W would name two new partners in the same year. Aaron and Anne have been in competition since they were both hired and have never cared for each other. About a year ago, Anne found an error in a report that Aaron had prepared and seized the opportunity to publicly embarrass Aaron in front of the senior partners. Aaron nearly lost his job as a result of Anne’s actions and has never forgotten it. Now the tables have turned and Aaron has found an error in Anne’s work. He sees this as a perfect opportunity to get revenge on Anne and help ensure that he is named the next partner
1. What might Aaron do? What would you do? 2. What are the possible ramifications of Aaron exposing Anne’s error? 3. How might Aaron resolve the conflict with Anne?
