chapter 11 ethics assignment

discussion question:

1. Using the categorical imperative (pages 16-17) and utilitarian (pages 40-41) perspectives, assess the ethics of each situation above

2.Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is spending 3 hours a day writing Twitter messages. How do you respond?

3.For question 2, suppose you ask how the IS department know about your employee, and you are told, we secretly monitor computer usage. Do you object to such monitoring? Why or why not?

4. Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is sending dozens of personal emails every day. When you ask how he or she knows the emails are personal, you are told that IS measures account activity and when suspicious email usage is suspected the IS department reads employees email. Do you think such reading is legal? Using the categorical imperative and utilitarianism, assess the ethics of secretly reading employees email. How do you respond about your employee

5.As an employee, if you know that your company occasionally reads employees email, does that change your behavior? If so, does that justify the company reading your email? Do the ethics of this situation differ from having someone read your personal postal mail that happens to be delivered to you at work? Why or why not?

6. Write what you think is the best corporate policy for personal computer usage at work. Specifically address Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and other personal social networking sites. Justify your policy using either the categorical imperative or utilitarianism