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Read the following scenario and answer the questions. Be honest and answer as truthfully as you can. Simply highlight the answer on the course of action that you would probably take. At the end, transfer your answers to the Wrap-up sheet, and applying the key ethical and Biblical principles you have learned in this week’s materials, explain your responses.

An RFP for Your Agency Imagine you are a senior account manager in a marketing or advertising agency near Los Angeles. It has been a tough couple of years and business has been slow. You have just received a RFP (Request for Proposal) from a large company in Chicago. If you land this account, it will mean large commissions, new opportunities for the agency and a secure future. You are asked to lead the account team.

You work tirelessly for several weeks, putting together what you hope is a winning pitch and campaign. If you don’t win the account, your future with the agency is in question. The time has come to fly to Chicago to make your presentation. You board your flight, take your seat and begin the flight to Chicago. During the flight, a couple of people sitting directly in front of you and dressed like executives are having a conversation.

Based on what you can pick up, you realize they are from a competitive agency in Pasadena; they have also been asked to pitch the same account in Chicago and in fact, they are on the way to present to the client, probably before or after you. Realizing these are your direct competitors for the account, what do you do?

Options: 1. Actively try to listen to their conversation… Any advantage you can gain could be helpful 2. Ignore the conversation completely, put in your ear-buds and listen to your iPod. The plane lands in Chicago.

You wait for a few minutes for the plane to clear. As you get up and start forward, you look down where the two competitors were sitting and see a full-color PowerPoint presentation, printed and bound sitting on the seat. You realize it’s your competitor’s presentation that they’ve left behind. You look up and see they’ve already left the plane. What do you do?

Options: 1. Grab the presentation and put it into your laptop bag; it’s a valuable resource and could give you an edge and they left it behind. 2. Ignore the presentation and leave it there. You grab a taxi to your hotel, and as you are checking in, you realize the team from the competitive agency is checking into the same hotel.

They have not seen you or even know who you are. They check-in and send their bags up to their room and then head into the restaurant across the lobby. What do you do?

Options: 1. Head into the restaurant and get a table near your competitor to listen to what they might have to say; it’s an open and public area. 2. Head to another restaurant to have dinner and think about your presentation.

After dinner, you head to your room. As you round the corner, you see your competitors heading into their room; in fact it’s next to yours. You enter your room and see that there is a door between the rooms for when people want to share rooms.

You realize that you can almost hear them talking next door. What do you do?

Options: 1. Grab a glass from the counter and press it up to the door, capturing the conversation on the other side. Any information that can give you an edge is critical. 2. Turn on the TV, watch some news and try to relax for tomorrow.

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Paper For Above Instructions

The scenario presented involves a complex ethical dilemma faced by a senior account manager in an advertising agency. The decision-making process is affected by the potential impact of the decisions on personal and professional futures, as well as the ethical quandaries raised by the actions of listening in on competitors and taking their materials without consent. This paper seeks to apply various moral reasoning frameworks to analyze the situation and justify the chosen actions based on ethical and Biblical principles.

First, let us consider the option to eavesdrop on the conversations of the competitors during the flight. In this scenario, I would choose option 1—actively trying to listen to their conversation. This decision stems from a basic teleological approach, which focuses on the consequences of one’s actions. The potential benefits of gaining insights into the competitor's strategy and thereby increasing the chances of winning the account seem to justify the act of eavesdropping. However, from a deontological perspective, this choice raises ethical questions, as it involves a deliberate violation of the competitors’ right to privacy (Moore, 2013).

Moving to the next stage of the scenario, the discovery of the competitors' PowerPoint presentation left behind on the seat presents another ethical dilemma. My response would be to choose option 2—ignore the presentation and leave it there. This decision aligns with virtue ethics, which emphasizes moral character and integrity over consequence. According to Aristotle, virtues such as honesty and respect for others are fundamental to ethical behavior (Hursthouse, 1999). By not taking the presentation, I maintain my ethical standards and respect the hard work of my competitors.

After arriving at the hotel and encountering the competitors again, the choice on whether to eavesdrop at the restaurant is presented. Here, option 2—heading to another restaurant to have dinner and think about my presentation—would be my choice. This decision reflects an understanding of relativism, which suggests that the appropriateness of an action can vary depending on context and values. Since I have already made a decision to uphold ethical standards by not taking the PowerPoint presentation, extending that integrity to avoid listening to their conversation at the restaurant reinforces my commitment to ethical practices (Friedman, 1995).

Finally, upon noticing that my hotel room is adjacent to the competitors’ room, I am faced with the last ethical choice: listening through the wall. I would again opt for option 2—turning on the TV and trying to relax. This decision emphasizes the importance of ethical consistency and the cultivation of virtues, as I would refrain from engaging in deceptive practices that could harm my reputation and integrity (Glover, 2001). Engaging in such behavior would not only be unethical but could also set a dangerous precedent for future behavior in my professional life.

Throughout this scenario, I have applied several ethical frameworks to justify my decisions. By choosing to eavesdrop on the airplane but abstaining from taking the PowerPoint, listening in restaurants, or tapping on the walls, I have demonstrated a commitment to ethical practices rooted in teleological, deontological, virtue ethics, and relativism. This experience illustrates the ongoing battle between competitive instincts and ethical obligations, ultimately reinforcing the understanding that integrity in professional contexts enriches not only individual careers but also the collective reputation of the industry.

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