Focus on Ethics: This week we are learning about Brief Correspondence; including email. While on-the-job, some people might think that using the company's computer to send personal email messages is not so bad. If so, then you might ask, "Where do we draw the line?" and "Who draws the line?"

If using the office computer to answer personal messages is fine, then is it all right to use the company car to pick up your groceries or to use the corporate credit card to pay for those groceries? Can you use the office copy machine to photocopy brochures for your weekend yard sale? Can you use time you have at work to go online to order a gift for your friend's birthday? What about responding to personal text messages while you're at work?

For this discussion, create a list of appropriate email topics you might send to your colleagues, and then a list of what's not appropriate email correspondence. (Give at least 4 examples of each - and please try not to discuss the same answers as each other). Also, create a list of taboo behaviors at work -- see the examples above -- name 3 things we should never do at work.