How is this an economic problem

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Consider this work situation: employee plays games at work all day and uploads an spreadsheet screen when boss is close.
a) How is this an economic problem? How can you solve it with economic tools based on game theory?
b) How is this an ethical problem? How can you solve it with ethical tools?
c) Which solution, economic or ethical, is more effective?
Separate your answer in sections (a), (b) and (c).
Please be specified.

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