years$).$ There it was $-$ a once in a lifetime opportunity $-$ and it was within your grasp. Furthermore, you could certainly use such an opportunity now.

Your spouse has recently been laid off and the household bills are starting to mount. Your three children seem to cost you more every day and the financial pinch you are in makes it feel like there is no way out. Without some kind of promotion, it is hard to imagine things not getting worse before they get better. There is no better chance for promotion than now because the Vice$-$President of Sales and Marketing is retiring, and your boss will be moving up$.$ With the current sagging sales record of your division, you didn't think you had a chance of being your boss's replacement. But that was before your interview with this sales representative. This would be the perfect time for you to land a large new contract.

You know that you have to make a decision on this matter very soon. Lately, however, you have been troubled by a series of sleepless nights.

Question:

What should you do$?$ Use the decision$-$making model $($Baseball Diagram$)$ developed in class to structure your answer. Apply the full range of ethical questioning to provide as complete an answer as you can.

$(20$ marks$)$