Read the prompt, then draft your responses when you're ready.
An intern wants to purchase gift cards for everyone on the team to show appreciation at the end of the term. Policy discourages personal gifts, and a supervisor fears the gesture will create inequity for staff who cannot reciprocate. The intern insists the plan is the right way to honour the team and asks you, their mentor, to approve it.
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