Is IT Worth the Risk? Ethics. It's just one tiny word, but it has monumental impact on every area of business. From the magazines, blogs, and newspapers you read to the courses you take, you will encounter ethics because it is a hot topic in today's electronic world. Technology has provided so many incredible opportunities, but it has also provided those same opportunities to unethical people. Select 2 of the following situations, and discuss the ethical issues surrounding each. What is your opinion regarding the situation? What would you do if you encountered a similar situation? What are the risks to the business or organization involved? How can these be mitigated? Justify your statements. A student raises her hand i class and states, "I can legally copy any DVD I get from Netflix because Netflix purchased the DVD and the copyright only applies to the company who purchased the product." A senior marketing manager is asked to monitor his employee's email because there is a rumor that the employee is looking for another job. A vice president of sales asks her employee to burn all of the customer data onto an external hard drive because she made a deal to provide customer information to a strategic partner. A senior manager is asked to monitor his employee's email to discover whether she is sexually harassing another employee. An employee is looking at the shared network drive and discovers that his boss's entire hared drive, including his email backup, has been copied to the network and is visible to all. An employee is accidentally copied on an email listing the targets for the next round of layoffs