Which of these people has bad credit? A. Suzie borrowed $300 from her grandmother to buy an iPod and promised to
pay $10 a week for 30 weeks until the loan was paid back. Suzie always
made her weekly payments and managed to pay her grandmother the whole
amount by the end of the 30 weeks.
B. Carlos moved into his own apartment about a year ago. The gas and
electric bills are usually due on the 25th of the month. Carlos faithfully pays
those bills on the 22nd of the month
C. Tamara's parents co-signed a car loan for her new wheels. Her monthly
payment is due by the 15th of each month. So far she has made the
payment each month. But on three months, she sent her payment after the
due date on the coupon because she had not yet received her bi-weekly
paycheck from her part-time job. On more than one occasion she was more
than 30 days late
D. Josh has a 36-month loan for his new truck Each month's payment is due by the 10th of the month Josh always mails his coupon and payment by the
first of the month

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?