The Importance Of Internet Use In The Workplace

When that technology is used to view, collect or disseminate inappropriate content, again employers have cause for concern. Use of workplace computers to access and distribute pornography, for example, frequently results in discipline and workplace harassment complaints. In some cases it can even result in serious criminal investigations.

All (insert department name) personnel use computers, computer candidates, computer programs, Internet resources and network communications usage shall be in a responsible, professional, ethical, and lawful manner. The conduct of employees during on and off-duty is a replication of the department. This policy is proposed to guide and regulate the conduct of employees when related to representation and employment through the abundance of social network settings. This policy is also designed to promote efficiency, discipline and good public relations by setting guidelines governing the actions of every employee of (insert agency name) both on and off duty.

System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute or SANS.org (2001) “View Employee Internet Use Report (PDF)” retrieved from http://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/internet.php

How has technology and the Internet have brought young people closer together? For today’s teens, friendships can start digitally: 57% of teens have met a new friend online. Social media and online gaming are the most common digital venues for meeting friends. Phone calls are less common early in a friendship, but are still an important way that teens talk with their closest friends.

Web surfing on company time would be controlled by acknowledging and restricting which sites an employee will be able to access during company time. There will be type of filter that will determine if the website is allowed to be access and scanned to determine if there are any dangerous or unknown files that can hurt the organization’s system. With the internet part of the AUP would be to have a setting where if the employee decides to access internet sites not work related then they could be timed on the amount of time they can continue to view the sites. For instance, if an employee wanted to do some shopping on their break there would normally be a restriction to the shopping internet sites. However, there could be a monitoring program installed where the user would enter their username and password and it would give them an hour, forty-five minutes or thirty minutes of viewing

This will be set up by the organisations themselves, this will set out the policies in which the staff must abide by in order to use the internet, most of the time, the policies will state that they must not use the company’s internet for personal use, and that they must use it wisely. Many measures such as passwords, authentication, firewalls and

Technology has advanced society medically, educationally, and socially; however, its overuse has caused users to become overly dependant. In particular, the internet provides an exponential amount of articles, tutorials, videos, and question and answer blogs which have made cheating and finding “the easy way out” readily available to users. The internet's main purpose is to research unkown facts, provide down-time entertainment, and update users on most recent news, however, workers use it to their advantage when confused about their job or when they lack interest in a task. The internet has lead to a downfall in the workforce by robbing employees of their independence by providing them with basic information, doing their job, and causing

Today, society is affected by the many advances in technology. These advances affect almost every person in the world. One of the prevalent advances in technology was the invention and mass use of the Internet. Today more than ever, people around the world use the Internet to support their personal and business tasks on a daily basis. The Internet is a portal into vast amounts of information concerning almost every aspect of life including education, business, politics, entertainment, social networking, and world security. (idebate.com) Although the Internet has become a key resource in developing the world, the mass use of Internet has highlighted a major problem, privacy and the protection of individual, corporate, and even government

America West recognizes that the internet can assist America West in enhancing its brand and creating communication and knowledge, but if not monitored, it can also be abused and ultimately become detrimental to the company. We have a company full of intelligent and responsible people who work hard and commit their work for the betterment of this company. Im not proposing this new internet policy because I think we have serious problems, I am suggesting we put into place a new internet policy with a goal in mind to prevent any problems in the future, either intentional or unintentional. This proposed internet policy is that internet usage assigned to an employee’s computer is solely for the purpose of conducting company business, but in the event that the employee is on break, there will be exceptions to that rule.

Also to surf on to gain knowledge about new technology or business processes. Some of the employees may misuse this by using the internet to have their social networking websites- wasting their working time and hence the organizations time. This is why certain policies are made to avoid the abuse of company resources. Some companies avoid this by giving limited access to their employees like 100MB of data per day. If at all the person exceeds the limit he/she has to be ready to answer for what purpose he has done so. Some companies block the sites and given limited network access to their employees. Downloading the content or any resource of the organization in the PC or Laptop is prohibited as they are copyrighted with the organization. Any act of defaming the organization or its employees or its customers should not be posted on the internet. Using of any pirated software or downloading the pirated content by using office internet is also prohibited as it is against the laws made by the government and this leads to face legal issues for both organization and the

Not only are these sites great for recruitment, but they also allow companies to quickly update people about unfolding events, like conferences, and also inform the community of potential threats, such as the H1N1 outbreak. Many of these updates are posted using Twitter, which is the site that asks, “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. Large organizations, like the Society for Human Resource Management use Twitter to publicize annual conferences (Twitter Is the Latest Electronic Tool, 2009). Social networking sites also allow companies to communicate news and details about special offers directly to the consumer. It also allows for the consumer to give feedback and receive an actual response from a live person, rather than an automated email. Daniel Schwartz, an attorney with Pullman & Comley LLP, described Twitter as “a unique communication tool that, if used properly, can really help a company grow in outreach and brand marketing.” Not only do these sites help with brand marketing and recruitment, but they also create a record of activity which can prove to be a useful tool to the employer who notices there is too much activity on the sites from employees during work hours (Twitter is Latest Electronic Tool, 2009).

How does the use of the Internet, intranets, and extranets by companies today support their business processes and activities?

Social media has increasingly been on the rise for over the past 10 years, so has the concern on the effect of it being in the workplace. People are spending more and more time on social media and other communication technology (Walder). Because of this, researchers have begun to wonder what the effect will be in the workplace. The argument of social media in the workplace is on the rise, and will continue to grow as the Internet continues to transform the way people are spending their time (Carlson).

There is a big influence of technique on our daily life. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we have to deal with everyday.

The growing issues with Internet usage in the workplace has become a major concern for employers. Employers are discovering that employees are spending hours of wasted time surfing the Internet and sending inappropriate emails. Employers classify this type of behavior as, “Internet abuse,” and breaking company’s policies. While employees see this type of behavior harmless, employers see this as potential risks to their organization. Previous researched study show employees spend hours surfing the Internet and sending non-work related emails to co-workers, family, and friends. With millions of employees having access to their employer’s Internet, companies are seeing an increase in Internet usage causing potential legal