Decision-making caselets — త్వరిత క్విజ్

Arjun, the Head of Operations at a mid-sized logistics firm, is reviewing the annual performance of his team. The company policy states that any employee with an attendance of less than 90% is ineligible for a bonus, regardless of their sales performance. This year, four key sales executives have been flagged. Ravi has 95% attendance and met his target (100% achievement). Sita has 88% attendance but exceeded her target by 20% (120% achievement). Farhan has 92% attendance and missed his target by 20% (80% achievement). Meera has 90% attendance and met her target exactly (100% achievement). The HR manager argues that Sita’s exceptional performance justifies a waiver to the attendance rule, citing that strict adherence would lose a top performer to a competitor. Arjun is hesitant, fearing that bending the rule for Sita would undermine the discipline required for the other 50 employees. The company's total bonus pool for sales is Rs 10,00,000. The bonus is distributed proportionally based on target achievement percentage, but only for those eligible under the attendance rule. The board has instructed that the bonus pool cannot be increased, but it can be redistributed among eligible employees. Arjun must decide whether to grant the waiver to Sita or adhere strictly to the policy. From a stakeholder perspective, which argument best supports Arjun's decision to strictly adhere to the policy, ignoring the waiver for Sita?