Fena’s Xerox; right or wrong

Case Analysis

Introduction;

Josefina “Fina” Datu owner of the biggest photocopying business in

Dagupan City with 20 years of history. There are branches located in
capital town and nearby provinces namely Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and
Pangasinan. She aims to expand both Nueja Viscaya and Isabela.

She employs young ladies to work for her. Training is held for every
new applicant conducted personally by Fina in the Main at Dagupan. After
a month of training they will be deploy to any of the branches. Her dealer
supplies her with the latest of the machines including paper and inks.

The firms’ costumer includes teacher, government employees,

students and recently a Dean with a proposal. The proposal is that Fina
will be doing the photocopies of the books that will be sold to the students
of the dean. Fina is trying to consider all factors of whether to go or not.

Xerox, being a business, is a must need of the students, employees

or Government officials that needs a copy of a particular document or so.
In Schools, photocopying is very essential especially whenever they lack
a copy.
 The Philippine Copyright Law an act prescribing the intellectual
property code. The law protects the patents, trademarks, and other forms
of intellectual property. Copying or photocopying a copyrighted material
and sell it will result to an act of Plagiarism. An act of bribery.

At this state Fena is still now unconvinced of what the Dean has
been proposed to her because, she can see the one side of her perception
that can surely be wrong one.

Fina is seeking for an advice, whether she will agree to the given
proposal of photocopying the books and sell it to the students.
 Analysis

The dean of a big school in the city proposed to her the copying of
books to be sold to the students. Fina is seeking for an advice, whether
she will agree to the given proposal of the Dean to photocopy the books
and sell it to the students.

Fina’s concern was the legal authority of the owner of the book
that maybe will cause her harm when she reproduced the copies. Fina is
hesitant to accept the offer beacause of the Copyright Code of the
Philippines. The word of the dean saying he wants 20% commission
bothers her.

Considering the long history of the business, Fina hasn’t been

offered a proposal like this. Fina’s business (Xerox) has been offered by a
dean in a particular big school stating that if Fina agrees to copy the books
to be sold to the students the dean will expect a commission. The said
proposal was an unethical manner in business because the books were
copyrighted. If she will not copy the books even though it will make a
good profit for her or even for the school, even it can cause bad
implications in the relation of the dean and Fina. If Fina will photocopy
the books and sell to the students with a commission, she will be
sanctioned an viaolation.

The following were the objectives; (1) To find any solutions or

alternatives way about to the proposal given by the dean. (2) To give
advice to Fina’s doubtful state or condition. (3) To make some clearly
discussion to the dean about the proposal.

The alternative way to do is Fina will decline the offer of the Dean.
There’s advantages and disadvantages if Fina will decline the offer of the
dean. First, Fina will avoid the copyright violations. Second, Fina can
pursue of her plan to expand her business. And the disadvantage is Fina
will lose her valuable profit of her business.

To decline all photocopying of copyrighted books even if you gain

profits, for that the business will not compromise any law that pertains to
copyright in the Philippines.
 Conclusion

Fina will ask permission to the writer of the books if accepted the
proposal by the dean to avoid plagiarism and the Philippine Copyright law
so that there will be no violation of any law. She must suggest to the
dean to buy legally the books from the publisher.

There will be no bad records of violating any law for her business
and she will gain more profit and she can expand her business.

She will tell the dean about copyright law that they will be sanction
for plagiarism. Even if the school is one of her huge customer it is proven
that the proposal of the dean is unethical they will be charge a violation
in violating the copyright law.

And she will decline all photocopying of copyrighted books even if

she gains profits, for that her business will not compromise any law that
is stated to constitution of the Philippines. Also Fina will be charge in
violating the copyright law.

Legal patents and copyrights of any work must be considered as

personal. Any authority as long as they violated the Copyright Law of the
Philippines must be punished under the constitution.