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Q. Drake is a full-time fork-lift driver in the product receiving division of Sav-Mart. Drake's girlfriend, Amanda, works in the human resources department of Sav-Mart. Sav-Mart has a strict policy against employees conducting personal business through their organization e-mail accounts. Organization e-mails are to be used for organization business only. All organization e-mails are accessible for reading to any also all employees.
Drake also Amanda occasionally smoke marijuana together. One day, Drake writes to Amanda through the organization e-mail telling her that he has some marijuana in his car also wants to get together with her the subsequent night to smoke it. Drake's supervisor, Pierre, inadvertently intercepts the e-mail also immediately telephones the police.
The police follow Drake home also stop him in front of his house. When the police officer approaches, Drake appears nervous also is sweaty also trembling. Drake refuses the police officer's request for a pat down also a search of his vehicle. The officer then handcuffs Drake also places him in the back of the police car. The officer thoroughly searches Drake's car, but cannot locate any marijuana. He then summons a drug-detection dog, which detects the smell of marijuana both on Drake's person also in a secret compartment in his car.
1. Illustrate what legal also ethical violations did Drake's supervisor commit, if any? Explain.
2. If you were Drake's attorney, illustrate what legal arguments would you make in defence of your client? Illustrate what would be your arguments against the supervisor also the police officer?
3. Explain how should Save-Mart improve or change their organization e-mail policy?