You are the vice-president of human resources for a high-tech company that is co

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You are the vice-president of human resources for a high-tech company that is competing for a major government project. You believe that one of your key competitors is ahead of you in project development and you would like to recruit some of its engineers who are knowledgeable about the project. You receive an anonymous e-mail that includes the names and phone numbers of key people involved in your competitor’s project. If you ue the information and are able to hire some of the competitor’s key people, your company has a chance to beat the competitor and you will become a hero. If you do not use the information, your company may lose a great deal of money. What would you do? What factor(s) in this ethical dilemma might influence a person to make a less-than-ethical decision?

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In this situation, the person should check the name of those candidates in popular job portal or their own HR database .If these candidates are available and active then send the mail through respective portal. In this manner, there is nothing unethical that goes against company policies. Calling a person personally and bargaining with them for joining the company is unethical and also not acceptable practice.

Factors that can influence a person to make a less than ethical decision are:

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