Principle: If someone makes an error

Answer choices

1. A

   Missing #12% picked this

   Mark had the e-mail addresses of Rashmi?s clients only because he had copied them from Rashmi?s directory while

   We can't use this principle to prove that Mark did something unethical until we know, 1. Mark's coworker made a mistake 2. Mark used that coworker's mistake to his own advantage. We were never told that Rashmi made any sort of mistake, and this answer still is not telling us that (unless we were to infer that the 'mistake' that Rashmi made was not locking up her directory while she was at lunch).

   2%
2. B

   Missing #11% picked this

   A coworker of Rashmi and Mark had access to Rashmi?s clients? e-mail addresses and shared

   We can't use this principle to prove that Mark did something unethical until we know, 1. Mark's coworker made a mistake 2. Mark used that coworker's mistake to his own advantage. We were never told that Rashmi made any sort of mistake, and this answer still is not telling us that (unless we were to infer that the 'mistake' that Rashmi made was trusting that her coworker who had access to her list wouldn't just go and share it with Mark).

   1%
3. C

   Missing #12% picked this

   Rashmi offered to help Mark develop a client base by sharing her own clients? e-mail

   We can't use this principle to prove that Mark did something unethical until we know, 1. Mark's coworker made a mistake 2. Mark used that coworker's mistake to his own advantage. We were never told that Rashmi made any sort of mistake, and this answer still is not telling us that (unless were infer that the 'mistake' that Rashmi made was offering to help Mark develop a client base). It doesn't seem unethical of Mark to accept her help, though.

   2%
4. D

   Correct94% picked this

   Mark had access to Rashmi?s clients? e-mail addresses only because she unintentionally left them visible in an e-mail that she sent to

   Why this is right

   We can't use this principle to prove that Mark did something unethical until we know, 1. Mark's coworker made a mistake 2. Mark used that coworker's mistake to his own advantage. We were never told that Rashmi made any sort of mistake, but this answer supplies that fact. Rashmi unintentionally (mistakenly) put the clients' emails into the visible part of an email (you've got to use that Bcc, Rashmi!) This answer, more than any other, clarifies that Rashmi made a mistake, and thus Mark used a coworker's mistake to his own advantage.

   Skill tested: Principle-Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   94%
5. E

   Missing #11% picked this

   Mark happened upon a list of many of the e-mail addresses of Rashmi?s clients while

   We can't use this principle to prove that Mark did something unethical until we know, 1. Mark's coworker made a mistake 2. Mark used that coworker's mistake to his own advantage. We were never told that Rashmi made any sort of mistake, and this answer still is not telling us that. Mark just found these email addresses on his own, apparently.

   1%