First Practise Post

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the course!  This is where you will be reading about different ethical dilemmas associated with business, responding to the original post, and commenting on your peers' posts.

This is the practice post.  Please comment on this post to ensure that you know how to make a post.

Thanks!

Ms. Browne

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