Levi owns a store that sells cooking products to end consumers. he has worked with the same supplier for many years and trusts him completely. whenever levi needs to order new inventory from his supplier, he sends him information specifying the type of product, the quantity, the color, and some general quality characteristics. levi has been with his supplier for years and knows how thorough he is. finding defective products are so rare that levi doesn't even bother examining the shipment, other than to make sure the products adhere to the standards specified.
what type of factors likely influenced levi as the chief decision maker for his company to go with the supplier?
interpersonal factors

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David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?