Discovering that employees at a company are copying books and using company time and products to do so brings up some ethical issues. First, the book’s copyrights are being infringed. Second, using company time, paper, and toner ink is stealing from the employer. What action should witnesses to this activity take?
One course of action is to ignore the copying. Witnesses can pretend they do not see it or that it is not happening. Another course of action is to approach the employees and ask them what they are doing. Maybe just the fact that someone caught them in ...
