Merlin

Canada

IT Consultant

Excuse me, but it's not the responsibility of any company to teach people how to breath, how to walk, or how to chew their food. Likewise, it's not your employer's responsibility to teach you common sense.

Would these office workers hand over their wallets or car keys to a complete stranger that asked them for it as part of a 'special promotion'?

If they would, then their employer needs to send them packing immediately, as these people are a gigantic liability, completely clueless, and guaranteed to ultimately cause problems for the business.

If they wouldn't hand over their keys, yet they happily plopped the CD into their computers, then they most certainly *have* demonstrated that they gave no consideration at all to using their company's computers in a manner that most certainly is not part of their jobs. They too should be handed their walking papers - as they've likely breached the provisions of any number of corporate regulatory laws, thus opening the door to very real legal action against the company, in addition to compromising their company's reputation.