Question

Joe is a salesman employed by Acme Inc. His employment contract requires that he is to work solely for Acme. He is paid partly on a commission basis. This means that he earns more compensation for making more sales. Recently Acme’s salespeople have generated more sales for Acme than the company’s operations can handle. Joe has been told that he can relax. He does not need to generate so many sales. Making fewer sales, however, will mean lower compensation for Joe. Yesterday a representative of one of Acme’s competitors, Bestco, contacted Joe. The representative knew that Acme was having difficulty filling all of the sales orders that its salespeople had generated. He asked Joe if he would be willing to send some sales leads to Bestco. He told Joe that some Acme salespeople were already sending sales leads to Bestco, and that Bestco would pay Joe a commission for each sales order that he sent to Bestco. Not knowing what to do, Joe asks his friends what he should do. - Ava tells Joe that it would be okay for him to send sales leads to Bestco because Acme typically shares the wealth when demand is too high to satisfy all their customers. - Bill tells Joe that it would be wrong for him to send sales leads to Bestco because it would violate his employment contract. - Carrie tells Joe that it would be okay for him to send sales leads to Bestco because Joe’s employment contract with Acme is invalid. Acme cannot hamper a salesperson’s ability to earn higher compensation. - Dave tells Joe that it would be okay for him to send sales leads to Bestco because Joe would benefit from diverting the sales leads. - Edwina tells Joe that when he has the next opportunity to send a sales lead to BestCo, he should do whatever he feels like doing.

1. Which friend’s advice is least ethically developed? a. Ava’s b. Bill’s c. Carrie’s d. Dave’s e. Edwina’s

2. Which friend’s advice is based on an appeal to individuals’ rights? a. Ava’s b. Bill’s c. Carrie’s d. Dave’s e. Edwina’s

3. Which friend’s advice is based on an ethical egoist assessment? a. Ava’s b. Bill’s c. Carrie’s d. Dave’s e. Edwina’s

4. Which friend’s advice is based on organizational norms? a. Ava’s b. Bill’s c. Carrie’s d. Dave’s Barton School of Business General Business e. Edwina’s

5. Which friend’s advice is based on legal grounds rather than ethical grounds? a. Ava’s b. Bill’s c. Carrie’s d. Dave’s e. Edwina’s

Answer 1

1) Option E is the correct answer.

Because edwina say he can do this next time. It doesn't matter if he do it right now or later.

2) Option C is the correct answer.

Because no company has the right to suppress some ones quality for companies sake.

3) Option C is correct because. His opinion is much of egoistic and he is just pushing Joe to do it.

4) Option B is the correct answer.

5) Option A is the correct answer.

Ava because he has said that he can give sales as if company gets more sale. They sales it to people by themselves too.

Thanks