Monday 28 February 2011

What would you do?

Ritu lives in India and worked for an organization doing work for street children. The money she is earning from her work is paying back a loan she took from a bank to pay for her sister's weeding. She has been set the task by her boss to apply for much needed government funding for a project to help street children. Ritu gets in touch with the appropriate public servant.  They say that they are willing to support the orphanage if she pays a bribe on behalf of the orphanage. Her boss tells her that she has to secure the project by paying the bribe.

If she pays the bribe:
    -She keep her job
    -She continues to be able to pay back her loan for the family
    -She secures much needed finance to run the program for street children
    -She goes against her value and is dishonest

If she doesn’t pay the bribe:
    -She risk losing her job
    -She will have to search for another way to pay back the loan
    -The project for street children will not go ahead
    -She lives out the values she believe in

What would you do if you were her?