Computers/Internet Employee Internet Abuse Many Term Paper

However, most companies acknowledge that the benefits of employee Internet usage outweigh the difficulties, and continue to offer Internet access to their employees, who also perceive it as a benefit.

The term abuse also means different things to different people, and so, businesses must define abuse before they accuse their employees of abusing their Internet access. One writer defined abuse this way, "Internet abuse in the workplace is defined as sending or receiving nonwork-related e-mails, accessing nonwork-related Web sites, and subscribing or contributing to nonwork-related Internet discussion groups during work hours while using the company's electronic resources" (Mirchandani & Motwani, 2003).Thus, employees must know what constitutes abuse before they are accused of abuse, and clear guidelines must be established to protect both the employee and the employer. Employee Internet abuse may be becoming more widespread, but employees and the Internet are too intertwined to ban Internet usage from most American businesses.

References

Mirchandani, D., & Motwani, J. (2003). Reducing Internet Abuse in the Workplace. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 68(1), 22+.

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