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What Is Harriet Ethical

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Harriet has come across a very difficult ethical discussion. If she is to trade based on the information from the grapevine, she will greatly benefit herself. If she is not to trade based on the inside information, she will not benefit for this even though her accounting position puts her at an advantage. It would be unethical to trade based on insider information that is not shared to the public yet. If she wants to trade after this new information is shared to the public, then it is ethical because it is no longer insider trading. Harriet is going to make a lot of money for herself, but this is only because she is at an unfair advantage that leads her to believe there will be a huge profit if she purchases the shares. If Harriet didn’t have

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