Read through the following Ethics in Practice Cases and then answer each question with at least a paragraph answer per question. Be sure to apply concepts from the chapters covered in this unit. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are all considered, as well. You will have a total of at least $7$ paragraphs to receive full credit.

The Pirated Popcorn

Last year, I worked in a local movie theater to earn money during the summer. Part of my job was to clean the theater between showings, collecting discarded cups, napkins, and popcorn tubs. I thought it was odd when my manager asked that I empty and then bring him discarded popcorn tubs that were in fairly good shape. he would then reuse them$-$refilling them with popcorn for unsuspecting customers.

I soon learned that the theater paid for its popcorn concession by the number of tubs it used. By reusing the tubs, the theater was able to lower its costs. However, I was fairly certain that customers would have been upset if they knew that was happening.

$1.$ How would you characterize the practice in which the movie theater engaged? Does this practice represent fair customer service? How are customers hurt or adversely affected?

$2.$ Should I have followed my manager's orders and gone along with his request? Was it really such a terrible thing to do$?$

Matters of Good Intentions

A high$-$level finance computer programmer is sitting at his cubicle working on an upgrade that this management assigned to him. As he works on his project, he overhears one of his co$-$workers talking to his wife, who has a major role at an important charity organization in the community. He hears how is fellow co$-$worker is explaining about how he had created an account dedicated to funding a charity because the company does not make any contributions at all. he hears his co$-$worker also say that he did this without getting any approval from his senior$-$level management and explain that the way the program works is that it takes very small fractions of cents that have been rounded off and over multiple transactions dumps the fractions of cents into this account made for charity. As he hears his co$-$worker explain this to his wife, he wonders to himself, "What should I do$?$ Should I tell management? He is my friend and technically it is for a good cause...right?"

$1.$ Who are the stakeholders in this situation and what are their stakes?

$2.$ Should the listener report the conversation he overheard to management?

$3.$ Is your answer affected by the fact that the money is going to a good cause?

$4.$ Is your answer affected by the fact that the company gives no money to charity?

$5.$ Is there some alternative way this situation should be handled?