Who Is Mr Zeigler Unethical

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Mr. Zeigler was an employee of an IT company. He was given a computer which was property of the IT company. Upon being hired, he was told that the computers would be subject to monitoring and that computers should not be used for personal use. The FBI received a tip that Mr. Ziegler had been visiting child pornography websites from his work computer, and conducted a search. They copied contents from the hard drive of the computer, which confirmed their suspicion. Mr. Ziegler was arrested and charged with crimes. After his arrest he argued that his constitutional rights had been violated because the FBI searched his computer without a warrant. He filed a lawsuit against the company claiming to have had his constitutional rights violated (Walsh, 2007). According to the guidelines of the Supreme Court, a search will be warranted when it is justified before the search occurs. For example, work-related purposes such as an employee’s job …show more content…

Ziegler was given privacy a reasonable amount of privacy. His computer was password protected, and only he could unlock it. He also was the only employee to use the particular office, in which he was stationed and it was kept locked. However, the FBI had reason to believe he was unauthorized websites. Since there was suspicion of misconduct, the employer had a legitimate reason to enter Mr. Ziegler’s office and copied contents from the hard drive of his computer. In presenting this case to the court, the plaintiff (Mr. Ziegler) had to have known that the ruling would more than likely be in favor of his employer. This was not his personal property, and he was given instructions on how it should be used. The company made it very clear that the computer belonged to them and would be subject to monitoring at any time. Although, Mr. Ziegler had a key to his own private office, the company also had a right to enter and search his office as well. Mr. Ziegler’s expectations of privacy were clearly

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