Write what you think is the best corporate policy for pc

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Using the Corporate Computer

Suppose you work at a company that has the following computer use policy: Computers, email, social networking, and the Internet are to be used primarily for official company business. Small amounts of personal email can be exchanged with friends and family, and occasional usage of the Internet is permitted, but such usage should be limited and never interfere with your work.

Suppose you are a manager and you learn that one of your employees has been engaged in the following activities:

1. Playing computer games during work hours

2. Playing computer games on the company computer before and after work hours

3. Responding to emails from an ill parent

4. Watching DVDs during lunch and other breaks

5. Sending emails to plan a party that involves mostly people from work

6. Sending emails to plan a party that involves no one from work

7. Searching the Web for a new car

8. Reading the news on CNN.com

9. Checking the stock market over the Internet

10. Bidding on items for personal use on eBay

11. Selling personal items on eBay

12. Paying personal bills online

13. Paying personal bills online when traveling on company business

14. Buying an airplane ticket for an ill parent over the Internet

15. Changing the content of a personal Facebook page

16. Changing the content of a personal business Web site

17. Buying an airplane ticket for a personal vacation over the Internet

18. Responding to personal Twitter messages

Discussion Questions

1. Explain how you would respond to each situation.

2. Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is spending 3 hours a day writing Twitter messages. How do you respond?

3. For question 2, suppose you ask how the IS department knows about your employee and you are told, "We secretly monitor computer usage." Do you object to such monitoring? Why or why not?

4. Suppose someone from the IS department notifies you that one of your employees is sending many personal emails. When you ask how they know the emails are personal, you are told that IS measures account activity and when suspicious email usage is suspected the IS department reads employees' email. Do you think such reading is legal? Is it ethical? How do you respond?

5. As an employee, if you know that your company occasionally reads employees' email, does that change your behavior? If so, does that justify the company reading your email? Does this situation differ from having someone read your personal postal mail that happens to be delivered to you at work? Why or why not?

6. Write what you think is the best corporate policy for personal computer usage at work. Specifically address Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other personal social networking activity?

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