Jane sanderson worked in a travel-service office and had access to the reservation systems of several airlines. she accessed the
system and replaced the names of passengers with fictitious names. she also enrolled the fake names in the airlines' frequent-flyer programs. her husband set up mailboxes under those names for the delivery of free airline tickets "earned" under the frequent-flyer programs. real passengers were not harmed by and did not complain of the deception. the sandersons' behavior was:
The Sanderson' behavior was UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL; THEIR ACTION CONSTITUTE THEFT FROM THE AIRLINES. Their action is unethical because it is not in line with the ethical behavior that is expected of a person that is holding a position like the one Jane Sanderson held. The behavior is illegal because it constitutes stealing, which is a punishable offence under the constitution of the country.
If you're referring to the Civil War era, in the years leading up to the war, once such compromise could have been that slavery could continue to exist where it was, but not spread to other states.
