What are the ethical features in this case Explain.

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• Business Ethics
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• CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
• Mumbai Some employees of the Maharashtra
  State Lottery, including a deputy director,
  smuggled out tickets with winning numbers from
  the go down and passed them on to their friends
  soon after the results were declared. This was
  done by manipulating the records. Maharashtra
  Government lotteries Mr. Khullar said, As per
  rules, a record of sold and unsold tickets is to
  be maintained by the Sewri office of lotteries
  department and the record of unsold tickets had
  to be passed on to lottery office in Mantralaya
  at the time of taking draw. But the records of
  unsold tickets were not passed on. And after the
  draw was held, the winning tickets were taken out
  of the Sewri go down and shown to have been sold.

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• The records were manipulated. The officials
  are now checking the extent of the scam and since
  how many years the officials have been cheating
  the Government. But sources in the finance
  department said that the scam has been going on
  for several years and at times officials
  deliberately withheld the tickets with winning
  numbers in the go down. The scam was detected
  during the tenure of the then Lotteries
  Commissioner, Kavita Gupta. Gupta, who was
  Lotteries Commissioner till July 2005, said. The
  matter is under investigation. The department is
  going to take strict action against the officials
  and the persons involved. The matter has been
  handed over to the police and FIRs are likely to
  be filed for the anomalies, she pointed.
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• Answer the following question.
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• Q1. Give an overview of the above case.
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• Q2. What are the ethical features in this case?
  Explain.

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