Coach Sharon Youngblood works as an athletic coach and recruiter for Florida State University. Athletic competitions and the recruitment of athletes require Sharon to do a great deal of traveling. The university reimburses Sharon for her travel expenses. Sharon joined a frequent-flyer program and has been receiving credit for her business travels as an athletic coach. Solely because of the mileage accumulated from her business travels, Sharon will soon be eligible for a free trip anywhere in the continental United States. She very much wants to travel to Seattle, Washington, over her Christmas vacation to visit her parents. Sharon is considering using her free ticket for this personal trip but is not sure whether it would be ethical to do so.
What do you think? Should Sharon use her frequent-flyer miles for the personal trip? Why or why not? If you were her employer, what would your position be?
2007-07-16 14:08:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm sure Sharon will be very excited to learn that this was posted on Yahoo.
2007-07-16 14:16:57 · answer #1 · answered by Derail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sharon is the participant in the frequent flyer program, not the university. As the university is reimbursing Sharon for the expense of her flights, Sharon is the one who is responsible to the airline for payment. She, not the university, is the airline's customer. Any benefits, like frequent flyer miles, that come from those transactions are clearly hers personally to use as she likes.
2007-07-16 14:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by Tom K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I don't see a problem, its Sharon's Frequent Flyer card, even though the tickets are paid for by work. I Would.
2007-07-16 14:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by ҡʏʟɛ - ❄ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think business travel absolutely sucks big rocks and if she is willing to put herself through that hell she deserves the miles and the free ticket. But I only speak as one who did extensive business travel.
Many companies use those miles to reduce their travel budget costs and if they have a lot of employees traveling this can add up to big bucks. So I would have to make my decision based on the number of travelers I had to support. If she was pretty much the only one, she could keep the miles.
2007-07-16 14:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by GoGo Girls 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason this program exist is to get business travelers to use their airline so they can earn free miles for there own use.
If she has a question ask the Dean of financial affairs for a ruling and abide by it.
2007-07-16 14:17:43 · answer #5 · answered by danieldebear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not of course she should go with her family, c-mas is a very special time to celebrate with her parents, enjoy your holidays, remenber we only lived once. Good luck
2007-07-16 14:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by gloriadoglover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋