1) State at least three advantages and three negative effects brought about by the workplace automation.

2) A multinational corporation transfers a foreign employee to United States on an L-1 visa. The foreign employee is a computer programmer, working alongside an American computer programmer carrying out the same work. Both programmers joined company five years ago, after the graduating college. Their training, skills, and experience are virtually similar. Explain the pros and cons of following proposition: “The salaries and benefits of two computer programmers must be roughly equivalent.”

3) You lead a group of five software engineers included in testing of the new product. Your manager tells you that due to a company-wide layoff, you will require to provide notice to one member of your team. From your interactions with the team members, you may easily recognize the two members who are least productive; however you are not sure which of them you must lay off. You know that company keeps track of all the Internet traffic to each person’s computer, though you have never shared this information with your team. You would utilize this information to calculate the amount of time, if any; these two employees are spending surfing Web. Specify whether it is wrong in order to access these records? Carry out some research on workplace privacy laws in order to justify your answer.