Question
1- Professor Pybus believes there’s a conflict of interest operating when Vallez accepts money to write reviews for his website Crazy Mike’s Apps. What, exactly, is the conflict?
2- Vallez says that his actions do not cause a conflict of interest, only the appearance of a conflict.
ü What’s the difference between a conflict of interest and the appearance of a conflict of interest?
ü How could Vallez argue that in his case there’s only an appearance, and, on close inspection, there really is no conflict here?
3- Three standard strategies for alleviating ethical concerns surrounding conflicts of interest are
ü Transparency,
ü Recusal,
ü Organizational codes.
How could each of these strategies be applied to the conflict of interest issue at Crazy Mike’s Apps?
4- You develop an iPhone app and you pay Vallez to review it. He tries the app, likes it, and writes up a positive paragraph.
ü Make the case to defend the payment as an ethically acceptable gift. Are there limits to how much you could give before it would shift from a gift to a bribe? If there is a limit, how was the number chosen?
ü Vallez says that if he doesn’t like an app he returns the money and refuses to review it. Does this fact interfere with the possibility of justifying the payments as a standard, business-type gift?
Question
1- Professor Pybus believes there’s a conflict of interest operating when Vallez accepts money to write reviews for his website Crazy Mike’s Apps. What, exactly, is the conflict?
2- Vallez says that his actions do not cause a conflict of interest, only the appearance of a conflict.
ü What’s the difference between a conflict of interest and the appearance of a conflict of interest?
ü How could Vallez argue that in his case there’s only an appearance, and, on close inspection, there really is no conflict here?
3- Three standard strategies for alleviating ethical concerns surrounding conflicts of interest are
ü Transparency,
ü Recusal,
ü Organizational codes.
How could each of these strategies be applied to the conflict of interest issue at Crazy Mike’s Apps?
4- You develop an iPhone app and you pay Vallez to review it. He tries the app, likes it, and writes up a positive paragraph.
ü Make the case to defend the payment as an ethically acceptable gift. Are there limits to how much you could give before it would shift from a gift to a bribe? If there is a limit, how was the number chosen?
ü Vallez says that if he doesn’t like an app he returns the money and refuses to review it. Does this fact interfere with the possibility of justifying the payments as a standard, business-type gift?
