That's true, and I totally agree with you. I guess my comment came out wrong. What I meant to say was that I don't see what the problem is for the purposes of the assignment.
Obviously the rules for doing business on Wall Street, where decisions can impact millions of people, and the rules for this business class assignment are going to be different.
The problem for the purpose of the assignment, is you shouldn't be teaching such bad behavior. If you reward people for behaving badly, they'll do it again. A great teacher would give assignments that paralleled the real world and encouraged behavior that would be both ethical and beneficial in the real world, because to a student, it is not obvious that the rules would be different in the real world.
Obviously the rules for doing business on Wall Street, where decisions can impact millions of people, and the rules for this business class assignment are going to be different.