You are the employment lawyer for Acme Anvil Company (AAC) in Looney Town, USA. AAC manufactures and distributes a wide range of anvils. AAC employs approximately 600 employees, none of whom are union employees and none of whom have written contracts.

The President and CEO of AAC, Wiley Coyote, calls you often with employment law questions and his hair-brained human relations ideas.

Last month, Mr. Coyote was concerned that anvils seem to be disappearing before they can be shipped out to distributors and retailers. Despite the ability of employees to purchase anvils at 50% of retail cost, Mr. Coyote believed that some employees prefer the 100% discount they get by stealing the anvils.

Two weeks ago, Mr. Coyote announced to all employees that AAC would install security cameras.And indeed, AAC installed security cameras in the warehouse and at the loading docks. The installation of the cameras, however, did not deter theft and did not produce any evidence of any wrongdoing by any employees.

So today, Mr. Coyote comes to you with a few ideas and wants to know if they are legally permissible. Specifically, Mr. Coyote wants to:

1. Set upa"hotline"whereby employeescansendatextmessageore-mailreporting thenameofany employee suspected of stealing company merchandise or property, givingcashawardsfortipsters.

Choose one: Permissible Partially Permissible Impermissible

Explain: