In yesterday’s New York Times “The Ethicist” column, Randy Cohen advised a tech who wanted to know what to do about the discovery of child/”early teens” porn on the boss’ computer. In the words of the tech, “Must I call the police? I think so, but I need my job.”
Cohen suggested various scenarios regarding how the pictures wound up on the boss’ hard drive and placed the larger blame on the producers of the pictures, but in the end, advised: “Because this material is on [the company’s] computer, the firm risks prosecution. But short of calling the cops, your options are few. Nor would deleting the pictures eliminate all legal risk; that could be seen as destroying evidence. Your best recourse? Alas, silence.”
Thoughts?
