Taking credit.13 Janice is Chief of Research and Development. Her boss asked her some time ago to
design software that would solve certain problems at the company, but she has been too busy to think
about it.However, her assistant John invents a creative solution on his own initiative and shares it with
Janice, in hope of boosting his meager salary. Janice is impressed by his proposal and tells John that she
is going to take credit for the idea. If he objects, she will downgrade his performance evaluation, but if
he cooperates, she will give him a promotion and a substantial raise. Is her action ethical?
