Exercising your Ethics
To Read or Not to Read
The Situation
Companies are able to monitor the ways that their employees use the company e-mail system as well track a history of employees’ Internet use while using company resources. This exercise illustrates how ethical issues may arise in tracking and using employee use of digital assets.
The Dilemma
You have recently been promoted to the position of a first-line manager at a local bio-technology company. This is a dream job and you are delighted to have been recognized for your hard work. As you are being oriented to your new job, the human resource (HR) manager explains that the company maintains logs of employee e-mails and tracks all Internet usage on company computers. You were surprised ...
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