Priscilla Ceballos's 6-year-old daughter is a fan of Hannah Montana and wanted to go to a Hannah Montana concert. A radio station was offering two tickets to the Hannah Montana concert for the child who wrote the winning essay. Ms. Ceballos and her daughter wrote an essay that detailed an account of their husband/father dying in the war on Iraq. The problem was that their husband/father was not in Iraq and certainly not dead. When the fake essay was uncovered, Ms. Ceballos said, "We did the essay, and that's what we did to win. We did whatever we could to win." The company revoked the prize and the award of the tickets. Suppose the contest rules did not spell out that the essay had to be based on true and verifiable facts. What could the radio station rely on in revoking the prize and still have public support for its decision?
A) The Blanchard/Peale test for ethical dilemmas
B) Normative standards
C) Stakeholder analysis
D) None of the above

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The radio station could rely on normative standards, which are commonly accepted ethical principles and values, to revoke the prize and still have public support for its decision. Even if the contest rules did not explicitly state that the essay had to be based on true and verifiable facts, it would be considered unethical to fabricate a story about a soldier dying in war just to win tickets to a concert. The public would likely support the radio station's decision to revoke the prize on the basis of ethical standards. The Blanchard/Peale test for ethical dilemmas and stakeholder analysis may also be relevant in this situation, but they would not be the best choice for this question because normative standards are the most directly applicable to the scenario described.

Priscilla Ceballos's 6-Year-Old Daughter Is a Fan of Hannah Montana