01 Jan Explain whether

DB 1

Your text discusses the issue of workplace privacy. Currently, this is a very hot topic and it continues to be a contentious issue because technology is outpacing the law. New technologies for communication and new technologies for surveillance go beyond what the law has previously addressed.

In this discussion:

Explain what right to privacy you believe an employee should enjoy at work.
Describe what right to surveillance a company should have in watching over employees it is paying and property it owns.
Note:If you are not in management or do not own a company, consider what rights you would want for surveillance with regards to a nanny you hired to watch your child in your home.

The hardest ethical dilemmas to decide are ones that involve competing rights. Explain where you would draw the line with regards to workplace privacy.
When complete, post your response in this discussion. Refer to the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide for posting expectations.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to at least one peer post. In your response, respond to their points of view as they relates to surveillance in the workplace. Explain how your point of view is similar and different from your peer.

DB 2

Your text discusses whistleblowing by offering examples from people who paid with their life to those who were rewarded handsomely for whistleblowing.

In this discussion, choose one of the following three scenarios:

1. A real life example of whistleblowing with which you are personally familiar.

2. A case of whistleblowing you know about from a text or other source.

3. A hypothetical example of something to which we can all relate. For example, catching another learner cheating.

Once you have selected your scenario:

Explain whether you did, or would, feel pressure not to report what you know. Explain why this is so.
Explain what ultimately you did, what was done, or what you would do in the example you choose.
Describe whether codes of ethics, like those in schools or the military that require reporting of unethical behavior, would influence your decision.
In preparation for this discussion, you may want to review Case 3 on pages 91–96 of your text, concerning the Ford Pinto.

When complete, post your response in this discussion. Refer to the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide for posting expectations.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to at least one peer post. In your response, consider how your point of view on whistleblowing differs from their point of view. Identify the points in which you both agree and disagree. Explain your agreements and disagreements.