1. After Various company interviews, Ratul, a senior employee at Dhaka Company, received two Company interview invitations from the Balmonti offices of two large Company. Both Company offered to cover his out-of-pocket expenses (travel, hotel, and meals). He scheduled the interviews for both Company on the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. At the conclusion of each interview, he submitted to both company his total out-of-pocket expenses for the trip to Balmonti: mileage $112 (280 miles at $0.40), hotel $130, meals $36, and parking and tolls $18, for a total of $296. He believes this approach is appropriate. If he had made two trips, his cost would have been two times $296. He is also certain that neither company knew he had visited the other on that same trip. Within ten days, Ratul received two checks in the mail, each in the amount of $296. Instructions

(a) Who are the stakeholders (affected parties) in this situation?

(b) What are the ethical issues in this case?

(c) What would you do in this situation?