On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Lon Taulbee wrote:
>This is not a moral issue. It is a business decision to ensure company
>property is used for company business. Take your moral issues outside
>the work place. If you're the owner then you can dictate what you will
>or won't allow on company "workstations". If you don't like it, go
>somewhere else, start your own business. Not allowing people to visit
>sex sights is bigger than a moral issue. You are opening yourself up to
>huge law suits due to sexual harassment claims, because someone saw
>pictures on your monitor that was offensive to them. You can call it
>what you want, but it is a reality in our society today. You're shoving
>your morals (or lack of) down my throat by allowing this crap to come
>into the work place, and I don't want to have to look at it or deal with it
>(not even inadvertently).
>
you are correct; it is not a moral issue. the points i am trying to make
are that i don't appreciate commercial plugs on the mailing list (i.e.
your post), and that when it comes to blocking company websurfing, i would
prefer to keep the monitoring and implementation completely "in-house".
if one uses third-party software and/or services to restrict WWW access,
then one will be inclined to play a less active roll in the monitoring of
employees, and that is a bad thing. Cyber Sitter, Net Nanny and other
similar products/services all have serious flaws in the software design
and implementation. for the very reason that you mention above, to
protect myself from lawsuits related to sexual harassment, i would prefer
to monitor my employees using "in-house" methods. namely, i would
restrict WWW access as much as possible, if not completely for a majority
of the work force, i would implement active employee monitoring and
logging of WWW activities and would have internal security admins handle
the data/evidence.
personally, i resent the tone of your email and your assumption that i
have tried to speak in defense of pornography. as Vice President of The
EHAP Corp., i am well aware of the the laws, the problems, the solutions.
i spend my days trying to accomplish goals similar to those that you seem
to embrace. if you have a problem with employees viewing pornography
while on the clock, then feel free to contact me. i can offer plenty of
experience and advice...best of all, it is FREE because The EHAP Corp. is
a non-profit organisation; we do not try to force bug-ridden software down
your throats. we simply offer FREE help and consulting for anyone who
requests such from us.
Sincerely,
Ken Williams
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