In a drug raid, police in a city searched 25 apartments selected at random in a 300-unit housing project. In a class action approved by the federal court, the 25 tenants sued the city for violation of their constitutional rights. The tenant named as class representative gave notice to all unnamed class members, including another tenant who decided not to opt-out. The class action was then certified as a "common question" type. After negotiating with the class representative, the city police agreed to pay each tenant $500 and to conduct no further raids without proper warrants. The representative and the city signed a settlement agreement and a stipulation of dismissal of the class action. The other tenant objects to the number of damages he is to receive and would rather opt out now and proceed on his own. May the tenant opt out now?
a. Yes, because a class member of a "common question" class action always has the right to opt out.
b. Yes, if the court allows the tenant a second opportunity to opt out.
c. No, because the tenant did not opt out after receiving notice of the class action.
d. No, if class certification was proper.

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?