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COURSE MATERIALS:

Please read the following section contained in the textbook: Chapter 3

INITIAL POST: (Minimum 300 words) - Due Week 3: Sunday @ 11:59 pm EST

After reviewing the Course Materials, please respond to the following:

Time theft can be difficult to measure but is estimated to cost companies hundreds of billions of dollars annually. It is widely believed the average employee steals 4.25 hours per week with late arrivals, leaving early, long lunch breaks, inappropriate sick days, excessive socializing, and engaging in personal activities such as online shopping and watching sports while on the job.

Although companies have different viewpoints and policies, the misuse of time and resources has been identified by the Ethics Resource Center as a major form of observed misconduct in organizations. In the latest survey, 33 percent of respondents observed others misusing company time, and 20 percent observed company resource abuse such as theft of office supplies. Therefore, over 50 percent noted misconduct related to resources issues. Often lax enforcement of company policies creates the impression among employees that they are entitled to certain company resources, including how they spend their time at work. Such misuse can range from unauthorized equipment usage to misuse of financial resources.

Using company computer software and Internet services for personal business is one of the most common ways employees misuse company resources. While it may not be acceptable for employees to sit in the lobby chatting with relatives or their stockbrokers, these same employees go online and do the same thing, possibly unnoticed by others. Typical examples of using a computer to abuse company time include sending personal emails, shopping, downloading music, doing personal banking, surfing the Internet for information about sports or romance, or visiting social networking sites such as Facebook. It has been found that March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament, is one of the most significant periods during which employees engage in time theft. Many firms block websites where employees can watch sports events.

Requirement:

Take a position on this issue. Do you believe time theft to be an ethical issue? Do the examples set forth in the paragraphs above truly constitute stealing from a company? Why or why not? Please discuss and support your position with course content.