The 2011 National Business Ethics Survey defines "active social networkers" as people who spend more than 30 percent of the workday participating on social networking sites. Such employees are much more likely to view their current jobs as temporary; 72 percent of active social networkers polled said they plan to change employers within the next five years, compared to 39 percent of nonactive social networkers. That feeling of transience may lead to such workers thinking that it's no big deal to swipe a few things from the office supply cabinet: 46 percent of active social networkers said that they thought it was acceptable to take a copy of work software home and use it on their personal computers, while just 7 percent of nonactive social networkers said the same.

Why do you think there is a difference in responses with respect to the use of company software at home on personal computers between active and nonactive social networkers?

Do you believe that it is an ethics failing to take software home without asking for the company's permission? What about simply checking your Facebook page once a day at work?