CHAPTER1

SUMMARY

Kelly meyer spent the past three months trying to gather all the information she needs to

submit a bid on a order that is very important to her company. Kelly meyers met her

purchasing agent named janet williams and she just finished talking to her purchasing

agent. The manager of kelly Meyers really believes that she needs to have another

conversation with her purchasing agent and try to find out some additional information

that might help her win the bid. Couple of days later, kelly meyers visited her purchasing

agent and had a conversation with her. Kelly tried to ask about other competitor that is

present in the bidding but the purchasing agent graceful ignores the question of kelly

meyers . Kelly meyers secretly open the folder that the names of the bidders are present

without janet Williams concenrn because janet Williams boss calls her to see him in the

next room. Before janet Williams came back, kelly meyers had already looked everything

in the folder and saw all the bidders in there and they gad a small talk afterwards. A week

after the bid kelly learned she won the bidding.

ANALYSIS

Kelly Myers discovered private information that was not intended for her. It’s unsure

whether the information was intentionally left for her to find. Kelly was in the process of

collecting information before making an important bid for her company. She met with the

purchasing agent, Janet Williams, in hopes of finding out who the other bidders were.

Janet did not disclose any details to Kelly about the bidders, although she left the file
containing all the bids on her desk while she stepped out of the office. Kelly is alone

with the file, the next day she submitted the lowest bid by $500 and subsequently won the

order.There are a few ethical issues with this situation. Kelly submitted her bid

intentionally lower, knowing that she would win. This was an unfair advantage . If it

were discovered that Kelly was sneaking to the other bids than her reputation as an

honest salesperson may be tarnished. If I would have been tempted to look at the bids but

the consequences of being caught would deter me from doing it. I don’t think having an

advantage like that is worth losing any job or breaking the law.

RECOMMENDATION

If I were Kelly Myers, I would not have looked at the other bids because I know this is

unethical. Cheating in the business world is not a good idea. I think Janet Williams did

not intend for Kelly to see the competitive bids. The case states that Kelly made a great

impression on Janet, so that makes Janet trusts her. Janet left the room for only a few

minutes and obviously trusted Kelly enough not to look at the bids. Kelly should have

had enough respect for Janet to not look at the bids. By looking at the bids, Kelly risked

her reputation. On the other hand, Janet might be intended to keep the bids opine and on

the disk in front of Kelly to see if Kelly will cheat and look at the bids or not. The issue

involved in this situation is the deceptive practice by Kelly. In a way, Kelly withheld

information from the purchasing agent because they do not know that she looked at the

other bids before finishing hers. While this act is not illegal, it isn’t accepted. Kelly

cheated by looking at the other bids before submitting hers.