Tina must make a decision about the number of bottles of sports drink and how many cases of water she wants to purchase for her soccer practices. Tina decided to buy four cases of water and 16 bottles of sports drink. As she waited in line to check out, Tina noticed there was a special display offering five cases of water for the price of four. Tina opted to pick up an additional case of water, even though she might not use it until next week. Tina exhibited the economic principle of , because she decided that five cases of water and 16 bottles of sports drink was better than four cases of water and 16 bottles of sports drink.

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David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?

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