Question: In organizations today, employees often take advantage of their company's information systems. E-mail abuse is increasing, and so is the amount of time employees spend surfing the Internet on company time. Indeed, statistics suggest that approximately 70% of the total amount of time spent surfing the Internet is company time.
1. Either by yourself or in a group, explore the ethics of using IT for personal uses at work. Should employees have some rights to use these resources? When does their behavior become unethical?
2. Some companies keep track of the way their employees use IT and the Internet. Is it ethical for managers to read employees' private e-mail or to record the sites that employees visit on the World Wide Web?