The following practices deal with ethical issues regarding compensation and rewards. Assume the role of sales manager and evaluate/discuss the ethicality of the following practices:

a) A wine wholesale distributor was running a special contest for its salespeople. Salesman X was only ten cases away from selling enough to win a $500 bonus. He pressed a customer to place a ten case order. When the buyer voiced his reluctance, salesman X told him about the sales contest and offered to "split" the bonus with him if he would "help make the quota."