Eduardo is not comfortable with his company’s work-life policies. Specifically, he feels that employees without children should be given the same flexibility and opportunities for paid time off as employees with children. He has noticed many of his colleagues that are parents get time off work when their children are sick. As a result, in order to even things out, he has begun claiming illness to get paid time off work even when he is feeling just fine. He feels guilty but also feels justified in lying to his boss. What is Eduardo caught in?

a. a bad cycle
b. an ethical dilemma
c. a paradox
d. He isn’t caught in anything; this is just how business is done.


b. an ethical dilemma

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