Many companies have very strict policies regarding the use of social media during work time or on the company computers and therefore go to great efforts to block access to social media sites.

Mel works for Alston Company and has received a new computer and wants to try it out. His subordinate is a computer whiz and offers to put software on the computer that allows him to get around the company firewall and access sites like Facebook and YouTube. What should Mel do? Why?

Detailed response as to how to handle this ethical dilemma.