Did the Buchanans act ethically in contributing to the school's PTA?

What will be an ideal response?

As this mini case indicates, there are many instances where it is hard to say clearly whether a particular situation involved an ethical violation. On the one hand, the Buchanans contributed to the PTA that was headed by the wife of MegaMart's buyer. But Arturo did not seek it and make it a quid pro quo situation — "If you do this, I will do this in return." One could argue that by not discouraging it, Arturo made it clear implicitly that this has helped the Buchanans do business with MegaMart USA. The key question is, does this pass the tests of ethical behavior (i.e., the golden rule test, or the television test, or the family test)?