Question

Jane Sanderson worked in a travel-service office and had access to the reservation systems of several airlines. She accessed the system and replaced the names of passengers with fictitious names. She also enrolled the fake names in the airlines' frequent-flyer programs. Her husband set up mailboxes under those names for the delivery of free airline tickets "earned" under the frequent-flyer programs. Real passengers were not harmed by and did not complain of the deception. The Sandersons' behavior was:

a. ethical, because the other passengers did not suffer monetary damages.
b. ethical, because no passengers complained.
c. unethical and illegal, because their actions constituted theft from the airlines.
d. unethical but legal.

Answer 1

c. unethical and illegal, because their actions constituted theft from the airlines

Step-by-step explanation:

The Sandersons' behavior was unethical and illegal, because their actions constituted theft from the airlines