Ask the Experts: Vendor/Client Relationships

I guess my question is, where do the standards of right and wrong fall here? Is it ethical, what was done and the way it was done?

Our experts respond:

This is an amazing story. I can’t but believe there may be more to it than meets the eye.

I have no quarrel with the nonprofit making the request on relatively short notice. Oftentimes, a special event is not planned far enough in advance to get the request in by a deadline.