$1\mathrm{.}5$ Ethics Case Chad Kelley, an account manager with Coca$-$Cola Enterprises, Inc., attended a handatory corporate kickoff event celebrating the release of a new Coca$-$Cola product. As part of team$-$building event, all employees in attendance, including Kelley, were encouraged to canoe down a three$-$mile stretch of a river. Kelley and a coworker paddled on the river without incident. Thereafter, Kelley walked up an embankment to the parking lot and waited for a bus to arrive to take him back to his vehicle. While Kelley waited for the bus, a number of employees, including John Whitaker, who was in charge of the entire event, were seen splashing in the river, tipping canoes, and getting everyone wet. A short time later, Whitaker, who was soaking wet, and Marcus Hall, a Coca$-$Cola distribution manager, grabbed Kelley and tried to pull him down the embankment and into the river. When their efforts failed, Hall grabbed Kelley and slammed him to the ground, causing Kelley to injure his neck. As a result of the incident, Kelley was treated for a herniated disc and a cervical dorsal strain.

Kelley filed a claim for workers' compensation. Coca$-$Cola opposed the claim, asserting that because Kelley was involved in employee horseplay, he was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Is Kelley entitled to workers' compensation benefits? Did Coca$-$Cola act ethically in trying to avoid paying workers' compensation benefits?