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Adult sexting is perfectly legal, as it is the sharing of sexually explicit content between two consenting adults. But what about teen sexting – should that be legal? If a 16-year-old boy sends a sext to his 16-year-old partner, should that be considered child pornography? Why or why not?

If you refer back to Figure 8.1 on page 228, where would you place adult sexting – a minor ethical violation, a serious ethical violation, or a very serious ethical violation? What circumstances - consequences, society’s opinion, likelihood of effect, time to consequences, relatedness, and reach of result – might move adult sexting from a minor ethical violation to a serious ethical violation and then finally onto a very serious ethical violation?

Consider the whole notion of power being tied to sexting, flirting, and cheating? From a psychological point of view why might this be true? Do some research into Tiger Woods’ troubles with extra-marital affairs. Could his cheating be tied to his position of power? Is “power” an appropriate justification for such actions?

What role can and should employers play in limiting (perhaps eliminating) sexting in the workplace? What about employee-to-employee sexting? What about employee-to-customer sexting? Regarding the latter, what sort of legal liability does an organization have if an employee sends an unwanted and unwelcome sext to another employee or customer?

These are purely for your consideration. No answer is expected. "Have you ever participated in sexting? Have you received a sext? Has learning more about ethics and the non-privacy of technology-enabled communications reshaped your thinking about participating in questionable activities like sexting?"