I agree with Kendra's post that nowhere in the statement of ethics for AMA does it clearly state John's accepting of the cash for the survey is un-ethical. I also voted that John should sell the survey which saves his company and delays if not cancels the lay off of members of his business. Kendra brings up a good point that it would be un-ethical if John told those taking the survey it would be confidential and then sell it which wasn't the case. Nothing is stating selling the survey is illegal, so it is more beneficial for John's firm to sell it than to not to. Big businesses want information which leads to more money for them. If they can pay a small business not a lot of money and get the information which leads them to gain a lot more money, their going to do it. Small businesses can't say no a lot of times because they don't have the leverage or profits to. If small businesses were smart, they would realize the information they have is worth something and sell it to the highest bidder.
Do you think companies help each other out like sending information about their customers to each other?
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