EXERCISING YOUR ETHICS: INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE OPERATING TACTICALLY The Situation Assume that you work as a manager for a medium-sized, nonunion company that is facing its most union out, has just given you a list of things to do in order to thwart the efforts of the organizers. For example, he has suggested each of the following tactics: serious union organizing campaign in years. Your boss, who is determined to keep the Whenever you learn about a scheduled union meeting, you should schedule a "worker appreciation" event at the same time. He wants you to offer free pizza and to give cash prizes, which winners have to be present to receive. He wants you to look at the most recent performance evaluations of the key union organizers and to terminate the one with the lowest overall evaluation. He wants you to make an announcement that the firm is seriously considering such new benefits as on-site child care, flexible work schedules, telecommuting options, and exercise facilities. Although you know that the firm is indeed looking into these benefits, you also know that, ultimately, your boss will provide far less lavish benefits than he wants you to intimate. The Dilemma When you questioned the ethics-and even the legality of these tactics, your boss responded by saying. "Look, all's fair in love and war, and this is war." He went on to explain that he was