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ePolicy Tip Sheet
February 9, 2001
CyberLove Can Sink Careers and Savage Companies
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, eMail users may be tempted to express their love electronically. Corporate cupids beware.
Hit the wrong key after composing an intimate eLove note, and your hot message could land on the cold screens of supervisors, colleagues, or customers. If your beloved forwards your eValentine, your electronic expression of love could be shared with millions of strangers. Send your CyberLove note on company time, and you could trigger a workplace lawsuit.
Fully 27% of Fortune 500 companies have battled sexual harassment claims stemming from employee misuse and abuse of corporate eMail and Internet systems. With 130 million US workers sending 2.8 billion eMails a day, the likelihood of employees using company computers to send racy, obscene, or otherwise inappropriate eValentines is huge.
ePolicyInstitute.com recommends employers implement written ePolicies that prohibit employees from sending romantic eMail and downloading pornographic Internet images. Employees who want to protect their reputations and careers should adhere to corporate ePolicies.
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