(1) Linked Out_Vignette Summary
One of the research associates at the team’s company tells the Chief Engineer that he has significant information about the R&D plans of the company’s rival. The engineer soon finds out the research associate had been pushing phony materials data to the rival in order to throw them off track.
The ethical dilemma erupts when the associate mentions that he was asked to help the competitor because of the credentials he used to describe himself in his LinkedIn profile, wherein he misrepresented himself as still doing research at a university.
(2) Write a 2-page, double spaced response to explain which option you will choose and why.
