Chapter 1 Competitive Advantage Questions read and follow the instructions in the word document. make sure to use the correct book, i provided the ISBN at the bottom of the document. Read the case titles “Competitive Advantage” at the end of
Chapter 1 and answer the following questions:
1. Would you are tempted to look at the folder? Would you actually
look? Give a one sentence answer for why you would or would
not look?
2. What is being offered here? Do I know this, or if not, what do I
know? How does that impact what I should do?
3. What is at stake here? How much should that matter to my
decision?
4. Is there anything wrong with looking? Is it stealing or cheating?
If so, why would you say that?
5. Isn’t business competition about doing your best to look out for
your organization within the terms set by those running the
competition? Given that FSB has given us access to this
information, isn’t that reason enough to look?
6. Does your answer about whether it is OK to look at the folder
change if you knew that your competitor would look at your
folder if they were given the chance? What about if you knew
your boss supported you looking (or was strongly opposed to
you doing so)? What if the context changes and now this kind of
activity is a fairly common practice in bidding? How much, if at
all, should that matter to your decision?
7. Is time a factor here? Particularly if I care about not looking, and
being seen as having not looked, what do I need to do and how
soon do I need to do it?
8. Make the best case for your decision here – why is your choice
(look or don’t look) the best one?
Except for the first question in the first item do not answer with
just yes or no. In general, in the course, provide reasons for your
answers and base your answers on the subject of the preceding
chapter(s).
In the case study base your answer on the concepts of chapter 1.
TEXTBOOK: Wicks, Freeman, Werhane, and Martin, Business Ethics –A
Managerial Approach, New York, NY (USA): Pearson education, 2010 (ISBN-13
= 978-0-13-142792-1)
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