Introduction Ethical considerations and practices are extremely valuable especially in firms that deal directly with clients. Ethical issues often raise tension in organization. They can result in some employees quitting organizations or being sacked. This can be explored in the tenure of Tim Hertach at GL Consulting (Khedher, 2009). Presenting the ethical problems in the Hertach – GL Consulting Case Hertach got a job at GL consulting after working with several other organizations including Weston consulting and Habitat for Humanity. He held high standards of performance and ethics in his work. He understood work ethics in consultancy work. He upheld the ethical behaviors that are required of consultants. He continued to uphold the same as he got working with GL Consulting. Having worked for some time with GL Consulting, his efforts were recognized by the management, who raised his rank in the organization. Hertach was assigned senior roles in the firm, which made him understand the organization (Nanda & Delong, 2002). Many people would argue that Tim left GL Consulting on his own, while others would argue that the company wanted Tim to leave. The true answer was that Tim was exceptionally responsive to clients. He believed on applying ethical standards while dealing with customers. Having served the organization in several capacities, he realized a number of unethical acts in the business procedures of the firm. Notable was the complicated billing processes, which made customers to benefit at the expense of the firm. His inquiry about the complicated practices put the management at ease with him, leading to his departure from the firm (Nanda & Delong, 2002). Prospective view of the ethical standards of Hertach The major disagreement of Tim came when he learnt about the complicated billing process in the transaction between the company and Bolton Machine, a client of the company. He had earlier battled to ensure that the transaction with Parks Food, a client of the firm, was transacted to benefit both the client and the company. In fact, it was during the battle in this transaction that Tim knew of the scandalous transaction between GL Consulting and Bolton Machine. In the controversial transaction, GL Consulting gave high transaction rate, making it to be the greatest beneficiary of the transaction. This was done without the knowledge of the client firm – Bolton Machine (Nanda & Delong, 2002). Tim sought to clear out on this billing issue with the top management because he believed in ethical practices. He wanted the management to uncover and explain why the transaction took place. The management remained adamant and insisted that everything was done in accordance with the policies and values of GL Consulting. They rejected to let him assess the transaction documents to ascertain their word. All what Tim required was the assurance that the company was acting in an ethical manner with its clients as he believed in ethical consultancy. Having worked with the firm for quite long and having been applauded by clients, Tim was certain that the company was not being transparent to its clients in its seemingly unethical billing process. He thus rejected to ascent to the argument by the management that this was the culture of