Allison Bond is dating Greg Evans. Both Allison and Greg work for the same federal contractor. They live on different sides of the closest city and commute separately to work. Employees are required to have parking decals issued to them for parking in the company lot. The decals are issued to individual employees and matched to their vehicles because of security reasons. The top secret work of the contractor requires that security be able to identify cars in the lot as associated with employees. Greg has a decal and Allison does not because there is a $100 annual fee for processing employees' decals. Employees are given the option of parking at an open lot 2 miles from the company and taking a free bus ride to the company building. Greg has been assigned to work out of the country for the company for three months. Greg tells Allison to just use his decal for three months. Allison's car is similar to Greg's. Allison has begun using Greg's decal to park in the company lot to avoid the 2-mile bus ride. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Because Allison's car is similar to Greg's a security issue will not result, so there is no ethical issue in her use of the decal.
B) Because Allison works at the company, her use of another employee's decal is not an ethical issue.
C) Because Allison's use is only temporary, there is no ethical issue.
D) None of the above

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It is not ethical for Allison to use Greg's decal, regardless of the similarity of their cars or the temporary nature of the situation. This violates the company policy of identifying vehicles associated with employees for security reasons, and could potentially put the company's top secret work at risk. Allison should either pay the annual fee for her own decal or use the open lot and take the free bus ride like other employees.

Allison Bond Is Dating Greg Evans