In 2007, the Jamaica Labour Party won the General Election.

As part of the changes made to Cabinet, Senator Don Wehby was named Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and Public Service. At the time, Wehby already had several positions at Grace Kennedy Ltd under his belt. He was appointed Deputy Finance Director in 1997 and in that same year was appointed to the Board of Directors of GraceKennedy Ltd. The following year, he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer and in 1999 undertook the additional role of Chief Operating Officer for the Financial Services Division. In addition, he was charged with the responsibility for leading the Group's local and international expansion especially as this relates to banking, investments and insurance services. He has directed the listing of the company in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange sited in St. Kitts. Under his leadership, GraceKennedy acquired 100% ownership of First Global Bank Ltd., now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In December 2005 Mr. Wehby relinquished his role as Chief Operating Officer of the Financial Services Division to take on expanded responsibilities as Group Chief Financial Officer, which included heading a new Strategic Planning Unit. In 2006, following the reorganization of GraceKennedy he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GraceKennedy Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer, GK Investments.

However, less than a month after his appointment, the members of the opposing party, PNP, started to cry foul because of Wehbys association with GraceKennedy Ltd. Contending that she had nothing against Senator Don Wehby, the PNP president said his appointment "goes to the heart of transparency and accountability of a government". The Honorable Portia Miller was not the only person from her camp who had an opinion about his appointment. Member of Parliament-elect for Central Manchester, Peter Bunting, also raised concerns about Wehby's appointment. According to Bunting, Wehby's appointment "is fraught with potential conflicts of

interest". He indicated that the Jamaica Bankers' Association, at its next meeting, might be taking a careful look at this development. "I anticipate that the Jamaica Bankers' Association is going to be very unhappy with a situation where one of their competitors, whose substantive job is still with the company, being in a position of regulator and overseeing the industry ... I think it puts the other players in the industry in an unfair position," Bunting argued. The Central Manchester MP-elect said that to take up a job in the public service and still having a private-sector attachment was like "having your cake and eating it". In this regard, Bunting suggested that Wehby should step down from his private-sector job.

In an interview later that month it was revealed by Douglas Orane, CEO of Grace Kennedy at the time, that Wehby had stepped down from his position at the organization. After serving two years in the public service, he resigned and he was reappointed to the Board of Directors of GraceKennedy Ltd. on his return to GraceKennedy on 5 October 2009.

Based on the Classical Utilitarianism theory, it can be assumed that Wehby accepted the position because he thought that it would benefit not just him, but the general public as well. Classical Utilitarianism, strives on the belief that pleasure is the ultimate good and that whatever makes humans better off or provides benefit is good. As a man with an exceptional educational background, he may have felt the need to use his skills, acquired from years of experience at GraceKennedy Ltd, to help better his country. However, it can also be assumed that he did this solely for his and his companys benefit. Chapter 3, which touches mostly on Equal Liberty, stresses the theory that one cannot keep all the cake to themselves, but it must be shared equally among all. Being both an employee of the private and public sector gives him to have access to

certain information that could possibly give GraceKennedy Ltd an unfair advantage over their competitors.

In solving this problem, Wehby and the JLP party affectively used the avoidance stance. Wehby giving up his position at GraceKennedy Ltd helped to alleviate the problem of any scandal or embarrassment affecting the party. It was straight and to the point and handled very professionally.