Problem
Dr. Ruahaas is a leading researcher in her field. She oversees a laboratory with 5 full-time employees and three graduate assistants. She has been given funding to create a position for a laboratory manager. The responsibilities of the manager position include overseeing the budget, developing operating procedures, scheduling work, ordering supplies, and taking care of personnel matters. Dr. Raihaan would like to hire her husband in this position. Her husband is also one of the co-founder of their family business, where the business nature is related to Dr. Raihaan research. Dr. Raihaan asked her colleague, who is also the assistant department head, to chair the search committee and to recommend ber husband as the candidate to the department head. Upon the recommendation of her colleague, the top candidate turns out to be Dr. Raihaan husband.
The department head approved the hiring of her hasband.
Task
i. List the issue/s that can be highlighted in this case.
ii. Discuss the conflict of interest happened to Dr. Raihaan
iii. If you are Dr. Raihaan, show the relevant way/s that you will take to manage the conflict of interest.