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Mark, an instructional designer working for consulting company, was just assigned a project to work with a local company to develop training focused on increasing worker productivity. The company, hereby referred as the “stakeholder,” is convinced that training is the solution. Once Mark begins the project and does his own needs assessment, he finds that training may not be the most effective solution. He interviews several employees and concludes that the lack of productivity is rooted more in the negative views that the employees have toward the company’s culture. The consulting company has signed a contract for $30,000 with the stakeholder. Knowing that training will most likely not solve the productivity problem, Mark is now in an ethical dilemma. Should Mark tell the stakeholder, as well as his boss, that the training may not be the answer and risk losing the contract or should Mark follow through with the training seeing that it’s what the stakeholder has decided will fix the problem? If you were Mark, how would you handle this situation? Be sure to reference any professional standards and provide justification for your decisions.