Case study:
Review the case: Because of Good Intergovernmental Relations, Some Things Could Be Buried Quickly
Then, response to the following questions:
• 1. While it was a violation of township purchasing rules to make a bid on land without prior approval, was it morally wrong to do so, given an accepted view that they needed land for the purpose indicated?
• 2. Was it a violation of law to make the bid, in that the actual purchase would have to follow formal action by the township board?
• 3. Should Palmer have revealed the actions that he, Manchester, and Voorhies (all township officers) had taken to other board members?
• 4. Should the school district have been aware that the township wanted the land for a cemetery, and that the land did not have proper soil to be a cemetery? If school officials knew so, was it ethical for them to have honored the township bid for the land?
• 5. Should the school officials have supported the township in its embarrassing moment by allowing the matter to be private and to strike the official bid of the township from their public records?
• 6. Was this case anything like the Louisiana Purchase? President Jefferson sent an envoy to France to discuss the purchase of the port of New Orleans. The envoy returned to Jefferson telling him he had committed the United States to the purchase of the whole Louisiana Territory for over $15 million. This turned out to be one of the greatest purchases in U.S. history. Was it an immoral action?
• 7. Was the Louisiana Purchase illegal? Consider that Jefferson took the matter to Congress and Congress actually appropriated the $15 million for the purchase in the proper manner, albeit a commitment had been made before.
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