Writing Assistance

Use the entire moral deliberation road map to make a decision in the case provided. Per Diem By Michael Skerker You have been friends with ET1 Grace Kim since A school. You’ve only grown closer this last year serving together at Pearl Harbor. You wearily climb off a jet with her early Saturday morning after a punishing week of work in Japan. You were there to work on a DDG’s fire control system. Grace looks at you and shakes her head in disgust. “You realize they go eight days of work from us and are going to give us per diems for four and a half?” “What do you mean?” “Well, we left at 0100 Monday morning, right? Flew through the night and then went right into a briefing as soon as we go to Japan. Worked all day Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and then were wheels up in 1800 on Friday. We worked, what, 14-hour days Monday through Thursday and then a full day Friday? That’s at least 64-hours, but they are only going to comp us per diem for three whole days.” You look at her and think math nerd. Grace continues by saying. “They are going to consider Monday and Friday travel days, even though we worked those entire days as well. So, we will get three whole days and two days at 75% of per diem, since Monday and Friday are considered travel days. That adds up to 4.5 days.” “Yeah, well, look, we’re not working factory jobs where you punch out at 17:00, right? You work until the job’s done…It will even out eventually. Sometimes we get per diem even though the hotel had a free breakfast, or we only had to travel two hours…Go home and get some rest.” Grace puckers her face like she bit into a lemon. “No, F&S@ that. Look, I’m not looking for a handout; I just want what’s just. You know my husband Sam works two jobs. I drive a damned Uber on Saturdays. I’m putting in for five whole days on my expense form. The per diem for Japan is real money. That extra $300 means three weeks of Zylexoprol for Maeve.” (Grace’s daughter, Maeve, has a rare medical condition. You know that Tricare only pays for part of treatment since one of the recommended drugs is considered experimental. Grace and Sam nearly kill themselves to make up the difference.) “Um…” Grace roughly grabs her backpack and slings it over her shoulder. “So, you need to put down five days on your travel claim, too, OK? The comptroller is probably going to get both of our forms at the same time. It would look bad if I have five full days and you only have three.” What would you do and why?