Rajanna’s Ethical Dilemma
Synopsis
Gudigantala Rajanna (Rajanna) grew up in the outskirts of Warangal, a small town in the Indian state of Telangana. Born to school teachers, he was a popular youngster in his neighborhood and at a prime age he became a Ward Councillor in the Municipal Corporation. His incessant effort to bring better drinking water facility to his ward was thwarted by a contractor who asked for a bribe to expedite the laying of water pipes. His conscience is now in conflict with his election promise to his ward members about providing better drinking water facility in the ward.
Prerequisite Conceptual Understanding/Before the Classroom Exercise/Reading
• Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel, “Ethical Breakdowns”, Harvard Business Review, April 2011
• Ron Carucci, “Why Ethical People Make Unethical Choices”, Harvard Business Review, December 16th 2016
Learning Objective
The objective of this case is to help understand and analyze various ethical decision-making strategies.
Case Positioning and Setting
This is an ideal case to start a course on ethics, be it for an Undergraduate or a Post Graduate Program or a Training Program. This case gives scope to elicit several ethical decision-making strategies which generally form the larger part of these course sessions.............................