Indicate whether you consider each of the following actions ethical, unethical, or a gray area. Which of the actions would you do? Which would you feel uncomfortable doing? Which would you refuse to do?

Discuss your answers with a small group of classmates. In what ways did knowing you would share with a group change your answers?

1. Inflating your evaluation of a subordinate because you know that only people ranked excellent will get pay raises.

2. Updating your Facebook page and visiting the pages of friends during business hours.

3. Writing a feasibility report about a new product and deemphasizing test results that show it could cause cancer.

4. Designing an ad campaign for a cigarette brand.

5. Telling a job candidate that the company “usually” grants cost-of-living raises every six months, even though you know that the company is losing money and plans to cancel cost-of-living raises for the next year.

6. Laughing at the racist or sexist jokes a client makes, even though you find them offensive.