No one likes to penalize someone for honesty, and Barbara's honesty
             is certainly commendable in her forthrightness about her interpersonal
             abilities. However, if being a team player is an essential component of
             the assignment, not hiring Barbara for lacking the essential qualifications
             for the prospective position, if playing on a team is one of those
             qualifications, is hardly unethical. It is no more unethical than not
             hiring someone for a plumbing job if they admit, look I'm not a plumber.'
             Simply because Barbara Peterson is honest and open doesn't mean that one
             must give her an assignment, based on that alone, if the assignment
             requires skills she admits she does not possess, or if she cannot, for
             whatever reason, perform all of the necessary functions of the position,
             such as meeting on committees and merging her goals with the goals of other
             However, Barbara's candor regarding her teamwork skills (or lack
             thereof) also suggests that she has a good character, and the potential to
             learn the necessary skills, possibly, to eventually and fully thrive in her
             job. Anyone who has ever been forced to do all of the work while on a team
             in the name of teamwork' can certainly sympathize with her expressed
             feelings, even if he or she might not articulate them as openly as Ms.
             Perhaps, the manager should say, "Look Barbara, I understand your
             sentiments. But the working world requires a certain amount of teamwork
             and interpersonal skills. You have a lot of talent and intelligence. Why
             limit yourself this early in your career' Why not try to lean the skills
             of teamwork in a way that works for you' You like people and work well
             with peopleâ€"why not make it your specific role in this particular team to
             limit the time wasting spent in committees and try to help others,
             efficiently but as a group, achieve the desired results'"
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