This is an industrial engineering assignment.

Objective: Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to describe the different philosophical approaches to ethics and explain how managers can incorporate ethical considerations into their decision making. Student Instructions: Answer the following question on the Discussion Forum. Read your classmates comments and write comments for at least two of your classmates' writings. The value of the Case Study is 100 points. The deadline for the questions can be found in "Tools" located in "Calendar" in the Blackboard platform. Read the case study and answer the following questions: 1. Was the $10 bribe given to the immigration official at the airport legal? Explain. 2. Would the payment of a "finder's fee" to Buba be legal? Explain. 3. What would you recommend to Bill? BMS Information Technologies: A case of international Bribery? Case prepared by Charles A. Rarick, PhD., and Richard Burroughs, PhD., both of the Andreas School of Business, Barry University. Bill Bothwell is the 28-year-old CEO of BMS Information Technologies, an Internet services form located in Ohio. Bill began the business on a part-time basis while he was a computer science student at a state university. He began consulting with local businesses that sought his web site building expertise, and soon two friends together built the business into a full-time venture. BMS now consists of 25 professional employees. Having a background in computer science was particularly useful in solving technical computer problems, but Bill struggled to solve business problems. The Web site development business though was a perfect fit for a smart college student like Bill. He sold a service, which was in short supply, and he could use the computers and software on campus to complete projects for clients. Bill could even ask his professors for help with particularly daunting programming problems. At the time Bill started his business, everyone was just learning the Internet and so he had very little competition. With the low overhead of a college student Bill was able to develop impressive Web sites for his customers at a very reasonable price. Bill's business flourished even without a formal business education. With two friends, BMS Information Technologies was created upon graduation. BMS maintained close ties with the university and kept up on the latest technologies. The company also provided internship opportunities for promising students. Even in the fast-paced world of Web site development BMS gained a reputation for delivering astonishing Web sites to larger and more established business throughout the Northeast and Midwest. After just two years out of college Bill was president of a firm with 25 professional employees and a client list that included Fortune 500 companies. Bill reasoned that if BMS could satisfy Fortune 500 companies, certainly then international clients would be the next logical step. Buba Obimaka, the president of a private Nigerian trade group who was seeking to contract with an Internet consulting firm for the member businesses, contacted BMS. Buba had seen BMS' work on the Internet and he was impressed with the firm. Buba invited Bill to Nigeria to meet with him and to discuss the details of the assignment. Bill was under the impression that BMS would be offered the contract, and that meeting with Buba was simply a formality before signing the contract. He felt that he was primarily on a fact-finding mission to learn about the various businesses in the trade group and their Internet needs. When Bill arrived at the airport in Abuja, he was tired and a bit overwhelmed. He had not been outside the United States except as a college student when he traveled to Cancun, Mexico. Nigeria was looking very foreign to him. As Bill passed through immigration, the official asked him if he "had a present for him." Bill wasn't sure why he would bring a present for someone he didn't know, so he told the official "No." at this point, the official told Bill to go to the end of the line. On his second try in line, he was asked the same question by the same official and he gave the same response, "No." Once again he was told to go to the back of the line. On his third attempt, Bill gave the official $10 (US) and passed through immigration. Buba was waiting for Bill at the airport and after exchanging greeting the two men proceeded to go to Buba's office. Bill had related the immigration experience to Buba who laughed and said, "Welcome to Nigeria." Buba told Bill that such practices are common in Nigeria and that he should not worry about such matters. After four days of meeting with various representatives of the trade group's businesses, Bill felt that he and his associates could handle the assignment. Nigeria was much less developed that he had thought, but Bill felt that the emerging Internet infrastructure would provide an interesting challenge for the firm. The contract would be quite significant and would provide good international exposure for BMS. On the last day of his visit Bill was informed by Buba that another firm was competing for the contract with the trade group and that this European firm had agreed to provide Buba with a $10,000 (US) "finder's fee" for his work in arranging the contract. Bill was surprised by the revelation that another firm was being considered and also surprised that a fee would be required in order to sign the contract. Buba had the final authority to act on behalf of the trade group and Bill felt that if he didn't offer more than the $10,000 (US) his company would not get the contract. Bill was disappointed with the news and wondered if it was legal for BMS to even offer Buba the money. He told Buba that he would have to talk it over with his partners and that he would get back to him soon. As Bill boarded the airplane to return home, he wondered if he shouldn't just keep the business confined to the United States