Question

Please read the Ethics case and submit your responses, totaling at least 250 words: Lauren Smith is the controller for Sports Central, a chain of sporting goods stores. She has been asked to recommend a site for a new store. Lauren has an uncle who owns a shopping plaza in the area of town where the new store is to be located, so she decides to contact her uncle about leasing space in his plaza. Lauren also contacted several other shopping plazas and malls, but her uncle's store turned out to be the most economical place to lease. Therefore, Lauren recommended locating the new store in her uncle's shopping plaza. In making her recommendation to management, she did not disclose that her uncle owns the shopping plaza. (1) Is Lauren acting ethically or not ethically? (2) Provide a supporting explanation to support your answer:

Answer 1

page: 0 his she so can use on his consent undle but she Inswer (l) Is (aveven outing cthically do not ethically No] , lawren is not anting ethically Explanation: she is not informing the management about the fact. for example how uncle owns the shopping plaza.it is okay that she has relationship with her property must also disclose about the real of shopping plaza to the management- so, This is not ethical behaviour. (@) provide a supporting explanation to support answer lauren has look of integrity as she is hiding facts lease transaction have lease transaction howe a foot note Stating that the shopping complex belongs to uncle and louren has taken it on lease. In this way, she is showing the transpor- and not hiding the fundamental fouts owner lauren's ency