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Cyber-Slacking

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Now that many people have a computer on their desk at work it is very easy to send an email to a friend, do online banking or check the weather forecast or news. I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear there is a term for this – ‘cyber-slacking’. Here are some survey statistics from the USA:

75% of companies monitor employee website use.
65% of companies use software to block certain websites.
60% of employees admitted wasting work time on internet.
87% of employees visited non-work-related websites.
20% of employees admitted to visiting sex websites at work.
Employees spend 20% of their time in personal activities in work time.
(from various articles in the NZ Herald in 2007.)

Should employers monitor their employees’ email & internet traffic?
Why might this be a legal and/or ethical thing to do? Why might this not be a legal and/or ethical thing to do? 







































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