An Owner of a Small Publishing Company Allowed a Friend

question 162

Multiple Choice

An owner of a small publishing company allowed a friend who was starting a handmade soap business to load the publishing company's copy of Microsoft Word onto the friend's computer. This activity is

• A) both legal and ethical.
• B) caveat emptor.
• C) illegal but ethical.
• D) both illegal and unethical.
• E) sanctioned by the Business Software Alliance since only one copy was transferred.

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