APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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Chapter 1.5, Problem 14SE
What logical or ethical problems do you see in these hypothetical scenarios?
- a. Dolon Privacy Consultants concludes that its employees are not loyal because a few samples of employee e-mails contained comments critical of the company's management.
- b. Calchas Financial Advisors issues a glowing report of its new stock market forecasting system, based on testimonials of five happy customers.
- c. Five sanitation crew members at Malcheon Hospital are asked try a new cleaning solvent to see if it has any allergic or other harmful side effects.
- d. A consumer group rates a new personal watercraft from Thetis Aquatic Conveyances as “Unacceptable" because two Ohio teens lost control and crashed into a dock.
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APPLIED STAT.IN BUS.+ECONOMICS
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