- Some applicants used a security flaw in the admissions software ‘Apply Yourself’ to find out if they were admitted to MBA programs at some colleges. What would the following theories say about whether the applicants’ actions were ethical. Explain your answers:
a. Egoism
b. Utilitarianism
c. Kant’s Ethics
d. Ross’s theory of Prima Fascia Obligation. - Some of the colleges denied omission to all of the applicants who ‘hacked’ the system to see if they were admitted.
a. Do you think this was an overreaction on the part of those schools? Why or why not?
b. If you were one of the college administrators, would you have made the same decision? If not, how would you have handled things differently? - Do you think the creators of the Apply Yourself software share any of the blame for the applicants’ actions? Why or why not?
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