Ethics Scenario #104: Pennsylvania Sports Legislative Exchange

104. Gregory is the executive director of a statewide association, Pennsylvania Sports Legislative Exchange, that monitors legislative and regulatory developments that affect the sports community. Gregory subscribes to lots of sports magazines, including ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and  Baseball Digest, and many other publications that he subscribed to prior to working for the association. Upon being hired for this position, Gregory began charging these subscriptions to the association rather than paying for them out of his personal funds because they are all now job-related. He also uses the association’s credit card renew subscriptions to three statewide newspapers and the Wall Street Journal, which will continue to be delivered to his home so he can skim them before leaving for work in the morning.

a. Is Gregory’s behavior ethical?