Figures about misuse of Internet at workplace

      Particular web use at work has turned into one of the offenders of corporate misfortune regarding the primary concern. After understanding this article you'll think about whether organization disappointments are an immediate aftereffect of worker web misuse instead of a drooping economy. It's a plague not to be disregarded as particular web use at work causes income misfortune at a disturbing rate. This accessibility shows a huge chance calculate for manager obligation and expenses managements many hours in profit every day. Following worker Internet utilization is restricted to lessen business risk. it is a fundamental malice.

    Around the numerous outcomes of Internet misuse is a misfortune of profit and scores of suit issues, for 

example sexual provocation, unfriendly work environment and separation. Following Employee Internet access is restricted that an association can point of confinement its obligation.

    Most managers 93 percent have guidelines for worker conduct, and 93 percent of the aforementioned convey that approach to all workers. On the other hand, just 87 percent of these strategies characterize "offense" and "horrible unfortunate behavior." Misconduct could be acting untrustworthily, savagery or criminal action, sending obscene material and breaking health and security runs the show. The right to gain entrance permitted to representatives additionally fluctuates. Just 54 percent of organizations permit staff access to the Internet what so ever and 49 percent access to Internet and message.

    There is a sum boycott on individual message at 10 percent of organizations, and on particular utilization of the Internet at 13 percent. Others are less sure, with 14 percent having no arrangement on message and 13 percent no standards on Internet utilization.

     Provided that your association is set to screen and cover representative Internet access, the workshop will give you an opportunity to show the workers what the Internet reports look like, and talk over the circumstances in which they will be utilized. Taking the secret out of what the association is arranging concerning Internet overseeing and blocking will lessen worker theory and set new desires all around the organizations.

Sources:

• www.irma-international.org/article/social-communication-mathematical-discourse-social/68386/
• http://www.workplaceinfo.com.au/human-resources-management/privacy-and-surveillance/internet-and-email-use
• http://www.getsmarter.co.za/blog-labour-law/125-internet-abuse-in-the-workplace

How to not get fired:

The internet provides a company many advantages to its company. From the unlimited information, communication and research that can be done, it also is a Segway to liability and loss of productivity. As mentioned in previous posts, most companies now make employees aware of an internet usage policy to minimize misuse that can lead to incidents such as firings. These policies are typically well defined and should be highlighted during the training process so that there are no questions! However; a policy alone cannot be enough unless there are people who are enforcing it. For people to take this seriously, they need to know that there is someone above them that is rigorously watching what they are doing on the dime of their employers. I believe the policy is being enforced when an employee is let go. This shows the seriousness of the employer to the employees.

So how do you not get fired when the number of dismissals due to internet misuse is increasing? “A survey of 304 US companies by the American Management Association and the ePolicy institute found that over 25% of employers have dismissed workers for inappropriate e-mail use, while 33% have dismissed employees for wasting time on the internet while on company time.”(mohabirandjaveria.blogspot.com) 70% of the employers make these disclosures in the employee’s handbook yet employees seldom read the full handbook. These statistics are an initial warning for employees who misuse the internet in their workplace. There are numerous more statistics of why employees use their work computer and internet for personal use. But the main way to resist getting fired is to just not do it. Employees are learning that employers are more serious now than before and should tread lightly when it comes to their job!

Barak, S. (2008) Getting Fired for Using the Internet Becomes Commonplace. The Inquirer. Retrieved from http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1033919/getting-fired-internet-commonplace

Punishing Employees

Does Punishing Employees for Internet Misuse Work?

I found this research paper on the UNCC library article search. It discusses the effectiveness of punishment of employees who misuse the internet at work. What the research found was that the employees were more concerned with the severity of the punishment and not the fact that they may be caught.

"Employees seemed more concerned about the actual severity of the punishment than being
caught. This may be explained by the fact that most companies
are lenient with their Internet use policies and many disciplinary
incidents were not communicated with the employees [14, 54].
Therefore, the leniency on Internet misuse and the reluctance
to expose any disciplinary incidents by the company can create
illusive impressions to other employees."

So, the employees are not given a sense of how severe it might be if they are caught misusing the internet at work. The paper goes on to give some solutions to this problem. Which in the most part it laying down guidelines that the employer gives the employees and sticks to them. Which in turn reinforces the employees to follow the guidelines and protocols set for them.

https://librarylink.uncc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=48216614&site=eds-live&scope=site

How Ethical is Office Surveillance?

      Due to the increase in cyberloafing, inappropriate emails, and lawsuits, employee monitoring has become more widespread and much easier and cheaper to use thanks to new and improved technologies. Both employers and employees are concerned with how ethical this surveillance may be. Employers are using these monitoring devices to keep track of their employees productivity, email use, and what websites the employees are viewing during the day. These employees feel that to much of this monitoring is an invasion of their privacy and can cause a conflict between the employer and employee. Therefore researchers have taken this opportunity to understand the ethics of monitoring employees and the current practices that employers are using are being explored and discussed.

     One of the most important steps an employer needs to take is by making ethical standards for all employees and educating all employees on such standards. To understand what is ethical and what is unethical you should understand some key terms. Webster's Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary states the definition of ethics as the basic principles of right actions. Values are things regarded as desirable, worthy, or right, as a belief or an ideal. Morals pertain to character and behavior from society's view of right and wrong. A belief is the acceptance of something as real or actual. Ethics can also be the decision making of actions based on a set of values, morals, and beliefs that a person possesses.

      A good question to ask yourself is, can technology change or influence our sense of values, morals, or ethics? From the information I've looked at they think yes, since technology can influence our actions and behaviors as it already has in many cases. Actions and behaviors, in turn, tend to form our values, ethics and ultimately our character; but this is a question that I believe every employee should ask themselves and so should employers.

      The internet is a huge playground for adults of many different hobbies, so let's explore some of those hobbies. According to a study conducted by ComStore Networks, 59% of on-line sales in 2002 were conducted from the shopper's workplace. Peak Internet access from work occurred between 10 A.M. and Noon. That means many employees are taking advantage of employer-provided access to the Web to conduct distinctly non-work related business. This includes shopping, bidding on on-line auctions, booking travel, visiting chat rooms, writing personal e-mails or just surfing the Internet as a hobby. One company in Seattle, N3H3, which tracks lost productivity, estimates that conducting personal business and surfing at work costs the typical 1000 employee company approximately 11 million dollars a year (Future Magazine 2003) and another study totals this to about 63 billion dollars each for American firms (http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/Jame/articles/employee-monitoring.cfm).

    Many laws have emerged since the internet was first released by the Pentagon in 1984 and the most recent on April 30, 1995 when NSF handed over control of the Internet to private sector. But the internet continues to change, evolve which in turn new laws are created and implemented into the workplace. The internet is an exciting tool that many businesses use daily for everything from inventory, to employee salaries. But the internet is also the same exciting tool that has caused many employees to lose their job over. This is where the issue of surveillance being ethical or not. Is it ethical for employees to constantly monitor all of their employees actions, and when is it to much?

http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/Jame/articles/employee-monitoring.cfm