Bus 642 Week 2

Page 50 1a. According to Cooper and Schindler (2011) “Ethics are norms or standards of behavior that guide moral choices about our behavior and our relationships with others (p.32). The manager of market intelligence of AutoCorp had to make an ethical decision when she found a competitor’s confidential –restricted circulation crammed into a tiny space on her flight. The most prudent decisions the manager has to make about her responsibilities to herself and others are the ethical standards and behaviors of how the decision can affect her, the business and competitor. Cooper and Schindler (2011) stated “Unethical activities are pervasive and include violating nondisclosure agreements, breaking participant confidentiality, misrepresenting results, deceiving people, using invoicing irregularities, avoiding legal liability, and more (p. 32). So the manager has to decide if she will falsify the documents or hold up her ethical standards and provide the report she originally completed. Page 50 1b. If there is no violation of law or regulation, the manager could have put herself in a position that caused her to be terminated from AutoCorp as well as losing her reputation. Autocorp could have face charges based upon the unethical decision that the manager made and if she used the confidential documents, Autocorp would have been faced with stealing the documents and using the unauthorized information to increase their budget. Page 155 1a. Distinguish between exploratory and formal studies: Cooper and Schindler (2011) stated, “Exploratory studies tend toward loose structures with the objective of discovering future research task” (p. 140). This study is to develop hypotheses or questions for further research. Formal studies continue were exploratory studies left off. Cooper and Schindler (2011) also note that “the goal of the formal studies is to test the hypotheses or answer the research questions posed” (p. 140). Page 155 1b.