You work for a company that manufactures pain medication. You are asked by your employer to design an Internet survey on their public web page so that the company can determine how and if physicians are prescribing the medication, if they are overprescribing to patients, and if they prescribe the drugs for themselves. The company wants to be able to send additional information to respondents and give the info to their sales representatives, so they will collect the physicians' names, addresses, and demographic information.

Answer:

• What are the ethical issues from the scenario that concern you?
• What are the pros and cons of doing the survey as designed?
• How would you suggest the company revise their survey for any problems you identify?