>>>>>>>In a sense, it was an act of war.
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>>>>>>Peter, it was not an "act of war". That is a ridiculous thing to say. She felt bullied, so she did something dishonest and PETTY! It would be nice to say that we are all professionals here, and all being in the IT trade we know what is right and what is wrong technologically, and this was wrong. There is no excuses or gray area... It is black and white WRONG!
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>>>>>Let us suppose you and I are colleagues in the same company and we are less than friends, to put it mildly. Actually, I have accused you of many things and have even tried to persuade our chief to fire you. You have discovered this and feel offended by me. Even more, you have the feeling that I am talking about you behind your back with others. Our desks are in the same room and you notice that my computer is still unlocked. You know I won't be back within an hour.
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>>>>>Will you, or won't you try to have a look in my Inbox and Outbox of Outlook?
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>>>>No I would not, but now I know that you would.
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>>>I could easilly answer here "no, I wouldn't", but let me be honest. I probably would, yes. Actually, I remember having done a similar thing once.
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>>>But an other thing then: I think you're dishonest here. You're giving a socially desirable answer only.
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>>I'm giving the only answer I can. Just because you, and perhaps a very large majority, would act that way is not to say everyone would.
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>Okay, I can live with that. But are you also implicitly saying here that you won't ever do such a thing, no matter what happened beforehand?

Nobody can answer questions about the future. The best answer is that I would hope in the future to act according to the integrity I've tried to live up to in the past.