Two Ethical Business Dilemmas
Dilemma 1
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Faced with the opportunity to salvage her own research budget due to the unexpected "gift" of a competitor's new product announcement found on an airplane, an auto industry market intelligence manager must make an important ethical decision. On the one hand, the information contained in this report, labeled as a "draft" designed for "Confidential- Restricted Circulation" in the rival firm, is exactly the information she needs for her own company; using it could eliminate the need for costly research while meeting her own needs. On the other hand, her firm has recently hired a new ethicist whose policies include requiring any Autocorps employee in possession of a competitor's firm to turn it back to its rightful owner or face dismissal. Shaw and Barry (1998) commented that this type of information can be classified as proprietary intellectual property. It was bought and paid for by a rival firm, intended for that firm's exclusive use, and not destined for public consumpt
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