Directions: In your initial post, give an example of a business situation involving conduct that might be considered illegal - potentially exposing the employee, the business, or both -- to civil liability or criminal penalties. Explain how a code of ethics might help employees aim for conduct that exceeds the minimum expectations of law and thereby avoid potential legal problems. Suggest wording for a provision in a code of ethics that would help guide an employee through the situation you described . Directions: In your initial post, please answer the following questions, and give reasons for each of your answers. How would you feel if a co-worker took the credit for your ideas? How do you think it might impact you professionally if it became known that you submitted a report containing large portions copied from another source, without crediting that source? . What do you think might happen if you were to submit an article for publication in a professional journal, and you had not attributed material you quoted or paraphrased to its source? What other situations can you think of, in which the originator of an idea or piece of work would want to be given credit? Do you think people make too much of a big deal about who owns what intellectual property or who came up with what ideas