Mercedes has just begun work at Photobook.com. What a great place to work! Altho
ID: 451007 • Letter: M
Question
Mercedes has just begun work at Photobook.com. What a great place to work! Although the salary is not high, the company has fabulous perks. The dining room provides great food from 7a.m. to midnight, five days a week. There is also a free laundry and dry-cleaning service. Mercedes’s social life has never been better. She invites her friends over to Photobook for meals, and has their laundry done for free. And because her job requires her to be online all the time, she has plenty of opportunity to stay in touch with her friends by g-chatting, tweeting and checking Facebook updates. She is, however, shocked that one of her colleagues takes paper home from the office for his children to use at home. Are these employees behaving ethically?
Explanation / Answer
Taking advantage of free laundry and free meal for their friends outside the company then it is not ethical from the employees. On the other hand taking paper at home can be a part of the perks of the company which is not wrong but if it is not allowed then it is unethical as people will start taking property of organization for granted.