Inactive Duty

What happens when personal ethics and practical concerns for family disagree? A man who kept his home citizenship and the achievement of citizenship in their country of residence faces a dilemma: During a three-week trip to his home with his two teenage sons, he learns that children of foreign nationals must register for the military when they visit their parents’ country of origin for more than 10 days. The only way to get his sons out of the country is to pay a steep bribe. Should he do i … Read more »

What happens when personal ethics and practical concerns for family disagree? A man who kept his home citizenship and the achievement of citizenship in their country of residence faces a dilemma: During a three-week trip to his home with his two teenage sons, he learns that children of foreign nationals must register for the military when they visit their parents’ country of origin for more than 10 days. The only way to get his sons out of the country is to pay a steep bribe. Should he do it?
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from
R. Edward Freeman,
Jenny Mead,
Mike Awad
Source: Darden School of Business
1 pages.
Release Date: 14 February 2011. Prod #: UV5285-PDF-ENG
Inactive duty HBR case solution