Pizza Profiteer?

• Author: Cohen, Randy
• Position: Ethical Dilemma

My school has a monthly sale where parents buy pizzas from a pizzeria and sell them to students for $1 a slice. I bought a whole pie at the pizzeria and offered slices for $2 to kids at the end of the long line, but a school counselor said that it was unethical. I thought I was providing a service based on the idea that "time is money." Who'S right?--Ben Gammage, San Diego

ANSWER: Were pizza a necessity and in short supply, you might have been guilty of what some call profiteering. But there was plenty of pizza, and nobody was forced to buy your pricier...