EXERCISING YOUR ETHICS: INDIVIDUAL EXE RCISE CAUGHT IN A CYBER BIND The Situation Time pressures to complete project assignments, coupled with easy access to the present interesting temptations. This exercise illustrates how ethical issues information from the Internet. The Dilemma Suppose you are assigned to write a report that requires research into a business problem. In searching the Internet, you find mounds of published articles that discuss the problem, but most of them are complicated write-ups using technical terms that you don't completely understand. As the deadline approaches, you realize that you can't figure out a logical, sensible format for writing the report. You then recall, from conversations with colleagues, two possible solutions for your problem: (1) From the many articles found on the Internet, you can select the best- sounding phrases, sentences, and paragraphs, arrange them into a logical sequence, and piece them together as your final report or (2) You can hire an Intermet report-writing service at $15 per page to write your report. Chances of being detected are slim. QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS Internet, can may arise in using 1 Given the factors in this situation, what, if any, ethical issues exist? Would you adopt either of the two "possible solutions" listed above? Why or Why not? If a friend was confronted with this same situation and asked your opinion, what advice would you offer? 2 3