Comments on: Should Mary Buy Her Bonus? What Would You Do?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:42:06 +0000

I found this very late but wanted to put my opinion.

I believe that Mary made the wrong decision and in my opinion I think a decision to give a discount of $1000 to the school would have been ethical and a wise decision.

Ethical because it would have helped out a school in a time that they need it and being able to help people and organisations in the society that surrounds you would help the company to advertise itself as one who is willing to help their customers at times.

It is also a wise business decision in that the customer she helped is more likely to become a long term customer.

As for the promotion in 2 years , there is nothing to say she would not have got that anyway and I would assume if she shows her self to be a strategic thinker who can think ahead in business i.e help a customer now and produce long term benefits I could see her possibly getting that promotion even earlier.

The only thing I can see as being unethical is if she did not declare that she gave them a discount.

By: M. Lawrence

M. Lawrence — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:49:40 +0000

aw, c'mon!! Invest $1000 and make $10,000. A $9,000 profit, plus kids get the material. A no brainer if you ask me. Ok, look at it this way, she spends $1000 of her $10,000 bonus on a donation to a school. Sound better now? Anybody with a problem lives in Utopia.

By: R. Holden

R. Holden — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:55:43 +0000

Me personaly i think mary made the wrong decision. Well in the end yeah she got the promotion but, that was two years later. On top of that she didnt help out the people of that school that needed certain supplies. Id want to be known as an agressive business man thats makes strong decisions.

By: T. Lawrence

T. Lawrence — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:22:24 +0000

Mary made the right decision. What may have not seemed like a good idea to just give up she did it anyways and it paid off two years later. Wouldnt you want to be know as a smart business person rather than an aggressive one. I would pick the smart business person.

By: A. Marshall

A. Marshall — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:28:15 +0000

Mary made a good choice. Even though the program closed, she was not comfortable donating the money herself. When she couldnt get the money in time, it was better that she waited. It may not have been the right time for her promotion, specially since she got it anyway two years later anyway.