Our assignment is to analyze one of the four situations provided and explian if it is ethical or not.

Situation #3

Lynnette Tillar and Bob Rebold are co-workers and good friends. Their supervisor, George Parton, has previously reprimanded them for spending too much time chatting on the phone and visiting. George has desided to access their e-mail to see if they are wasting company time with personal online communications as well.

George's actions are not ethical because:

• George shouldn't go through other people's e-mails without their permission. It is called invasion of privacy to the people.

• Personal e-mail accounts do not have anything to do with the business field. George should not have a reason to go through personal information.

• Lynette and Bob should have the right to talk to each other whenever they want to, as long as they do their work.