Moral Dilemma: Friendship

"Jim has the responsibility of filling a position in his firm. His friend Paul has applied and is qualified, but someone else seems even more qualified. Jim wants to give the job to Paul, but he feels guilty, believing that he ought to be impartial. That’s the essence of morality, he initially tells himself. This belief is, however, rejected, as Jim resolves that friendship has a moral importance that permits, and perhaps even requires, partiality in some circumstances. So he gives the job to Paul. Was he right?"

As far as i'm concerned, yes he did.

Yes, sure, there is someone more qualified than Paul but he also has the credibility to do the job. It's not as if Paul got the job SOLELY on the basis of his friendship with Jim.

Knowing Jim just ups his chances of getting the job, but he is still qualified. Jim knows Paul personally, so he'll know how Paul is as a person; honest, loyal, hardworking, respectful, motivated etc.

It would help Jim too in a way that he has someone to be his "ally" and it would make work a little bit easier to deal with when things get a little bit hard.

I don't know, i know the right thing to do is probably give the job to someone more qualified but hey, isn't business all about networking?