"Is it a crime to read me?
"No, really. Does it violate your company's Internet policy?
"Twenty-six percent of U.S. companies have fired employees for misusing the Internet on company time, while 25 percent have done the same for e-mail abuse, according to a report released Wednesday (.pdf) by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute."
Robert MacMillan. My Cubicle, My Cell. WashingtonPost.com. May 19, 2005.
See also:
AMA/ePolicy Institute Research. 2005
Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey. (.pdf) May 18, 2005.
Related:
Jared Sandberg. Monitoring of Workers Is Boss's Right But Why Not Include Top Brass?. WSJ.com. May 18, 2005.
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Posted by Carol Schwartz at May 20, 2005 08:45 AM | Send to a friend! | Topic(s): Access, Business & Commerce, E-Mail, Messaging & Chat, Mobile Devices, Privacy