Knowledge Integration Exam
Jeremy Thomas Gugliotta
University of Maryland University College

This case involving Angela has the ethical decision of what action to do is not that difficult to assess, using the information provided she must act accordingly within the parameters set forth by the law. Angela is a mid-level manager at a transitional pharmaceutical company who happens to be a widowed mother of 3, depending on her 80 thousand dollar salary from work. Angela has been very pleased to work for this employer due to their prestigious standings. The pharmaceutical company has just finished its second phase of testing on their new Ebola drug. The drug is a very important piece to the company and their strategic growth plan. One of the problems that the company must overcome is that of animal testing in an attempt to get approval from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to begin their stage of human testing. Without successful human testing their drug will never possess the ability to go on the market. Unfortunately for Angela her boss in a private meeting requested that she change her report to show false information, to a federal agency, to assist the company. This in fact is the issue that Angela is faced with, what to do? When her boss requested this, it puts Angela in a very hard position; lie and hurt the company, or tell the truth and possibly be punished by the company? In falsifying a report to the FDA, Angela would be committing a felony. The request of such a task by an employer alone is unethical, not to mention unlawful. There is no law, or contract that would require Angela to falsify information putting her in risk of incarceration and putting lives at risk. The doing so would harm the good standing of the organization, potentially kill many people, and in the long term cause her to serve out a prison sentence. With Angela’s position