Flower Powers New Network

 By Wendy Gelman, J.D., L.L.M.You are the CEO of Flower Power, Inc., a fast growing chain of 100 florist shops based in the Southeastern United States.  The company opened for business 5 years ago with just 20 employees and now has over 1500 employees.  The company is now in the process of installing a new computer network, which will, for the first time, link all of the companys offices and locations.  The companys Chief Information Officer has approached you with a proposal to include a number of electronic surveillance features in the new network. 

 The proposed features include: 

 The ability of all MIS staff to shadow PCs of any employees, at any time, without the consent of those employees (shadowing allows a person, such as the MIS staff person, to monitor all a users activity on your PC from a remote location without the users knowledge) 

 Your approval is needed to install this network and these features.

Instructions:

1)Identify the ethical dilemmas 

2)Evaluate how stakeholders would be affected by various solutions to your dilemma(s).

3)Discuss the pros and cons of alternative courses of action.