Publications
Publications
- August 2023
- HBS Case Collection
The Gift Card Swap: Speak Up or Let It Lie?
By: David G. Fubini, William Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
Abstract
In this short vignette on ethics in consulting, Brenda Thompson, a new Associate at a prestigious consulting firm, learns that a fellow Associate is using the firm's meal expense benefits to pocket the difference between the maximum daily allowance and his actual amounts spent in the form of prepaid gift cards. Though this practice was not explicitly said to violate the policy, Brenda feels uneasy about the situation and must decide how to act on her ethical sensibilities.
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Citation
Fubini, David G., William Fubini, and Patrick Sanguineti. "The Gift Card Swap: Speak Up or Let It Lie?" Harvard Business School Case 424-010, August 2023.