Monitoring Employees Emails

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Monitoring Employees E-mails

• Heather Hoffman Jennifer Soderstrom
• INCD-240-01

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Introduction

• Employers should be allowed to view their
  employees e-mails.

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Ethical

• Liability
• Property of business/company
• E-mail policy
• Theft of time/service

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Employers View

• Personal work
• Illegal activity
• Paid time
• Companys Equipment

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Employees View

• Respect privacy
• No harm towards computer

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Legal Aspects

• Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• Provides protection
• Exceptions
• New Jersey State Law

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Case Law 1

• Smith vs. Pillsbury
• Employee discharged
• Company policy
• Not invasion of privacy

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Case Law 2

• Nissan vs. Bourke
• Explicit e-mails
• Bad performance
• No expectation of privacy

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Case Law 3

• Shoars vs. Epson
• Manager reading e-mails
• Employee fired
• Outcome
• Systematic review not a violation

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Conclusion

• Ethical to view e-mails
• Property of company
• Business purposes only