Discuss the ethics of what Amy is doing. Are there any consequences to her actions? How does the stor account for Amy's returns?
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Amy Martinez is a student who plans to attend approximately four professional events a year at her college. Each event necessitates a financial outlay of $100-$200 for a new suit and accessories. After incurring a major hit to her savings for the first event, Amy developed a different approach. She buys the suit on credit the week before the event, wears it to the event, and returns it the next week to the store for a full refund on her charge card.
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Comment on the ethics exhibited by Amy and possible consequences of her actions.
How does the merchandising company account for the suits that Amy returns?
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Amy has ethically breached her moral duty as an honest consumer. But first, some philosophy to back my statement up:
Utilitarianism is an attempt to define a scientific base for ethical conclusions. In its simplest form, this theory defines utility as a sum of more positives than negatives and disutility as more negatives than positives (Velasquez, 1992: 60-62). The moral or ethical term ...
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