A company had declining sales and to survive they had a layoff, after which they took the labor saving and invest them in an advertising campaign. The advertising campaigned was successful and they were able to rehire some of the employees that were laid off. The ethic question/argue is that they should not have laid off the employees and used the saving for the advertising campaigned which saved the company. However, the other ethical argument is that if they had not done the layoff then the company would have close, and everyone would have been out a job. So, in your opinion what was the ethical decision to make and why or simply do you agree with the company or disagree with the company's decision, ethically?

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