Resolving a Professional Ethical Dilemma Introduction Ethical dilemmas are difficult to resolve because they offer a choice between two courses of action that could both be correct, or of equal weight: do we save the old man who can barely move, or the young child who is able-bodied but trapped? This paper describes a hypothetical professional ethical dilemma and the issues surrounding it. Discussion The problem: the Human Resources Manager, Ms. Brown, has found out quite by accident that Mr. Jones is being treated by the company doctor for drug addiction. That isn’t the concern, because the company supports those of its employees who admit they are addicted and seek help. The problem is that in the course of treatment, Dr. Younger prescribed a certain medication used only in these cases; Mr. Jones has the prescriptions filled himself and then requests reimbursement. Mr. Montana, the accounting supervisor, let slip that he was tired of these ―trivial‖ cases but at least Jones was no longer bothering him with reimbursement requests. Then he suddenly grew anxious and said not to mention what he’d said to anyone. Ms. Brown did some research and uncovered the whole story, which is between Dr. Younger and Mr. Jones. The fact that Mr. Jones is no longer requesting reimbursement means that either he has decided to pay for the drug himself, he has recovered to the point where he no longer needs it, or he is using drugs again and has abandoned treatment. There’s no way to know. Ms. Brown could dismiss