Ethical decisions can be influenced by someone's culture, experiences, and personal values. The lines of ethical boundaries are often not the same to two different people. Pretend you are an HR Manager and you recently found out that your best friend's spouse is going to be laid off next month at your company, which is their only source of income. You happen to know that they are looking into buying a house and you are worried that they are going to get a large mortgage right before losing their sole job. Choose which action (A, B, or C) is best to choose and explain why:
A) Tell your best friend. As an HR Manager, you know that you cannot breach the confidence of your management and share anything about the upcoming layoffs.
B) Hint to your best friend that he/she might not want to purchase a home right now with so much risk in the marketplace and only one source of income.
C) Tell your best friend that he/she needs to be prepared for the fact that his/her spouse may get laid off next month. You know that you can trust your best friend to not share any other information about the layoffs, but want to see them wait on such a large financial commitment until his/her spouse can find another job.