There is a new country called Tiderce where the people's political opinions lead them to divide themselves into five different groups, representing different outlooks on how the legislature should approach public policy. These five groups based on political convictions in turn result in the formation of five political parties (each named after an animal mascot). The five parties are listed below in order from most liberal to most conservative. In the first election for the legislature in this country the people vote for their candidates and/or their parties as follows, with the vote in the whole country being the same as the vote in every part of it:

Lion 20%
Tiger 24%
Bear 13%
Antelope 18%
Gazelle 25%

After the coalition building that would be likely to take place following several elections, the voters from which of the original five parties would be most likely to hold the decisive position in elections?

a. Lion
b. Tiger
c. Bear
d. Antelope
e. Gazelle

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?