"Borrowing" a Hotel Snack.

• Author: Cohen, Randy
• Position: Ethical Dilemma - Brief article

When I checked into a hotel in California, I was starving, so I ate the $6 box of Oreos from the minibar. Later I walked to the corner store, bought an identical box for $2.50, and restocked the minibar. Was this ethical? My view is "no harm, no foul." In fact, my box was fresher: The Oreos I ate were set to expire three months before the bOX I replaced them With.--David Latt, New York

I DISAGREE. The hotel is providing not just a product but also a service: the convenience of having Oreos available in your room, 24/7. To create this utopia of constant...