At 13:32 20/09/00 -0500, Noonan, Wesley wrote:
>[snip]
>For example, as my sig indicates, I do QA work. The company I work for uses
>SMS for many and various things. Unfortunately, the SMS policies interfere
>with some of the testing we need to do. As a result, they (IT) don't run SMS
>on our (QA) boxes, however, we all sign agreements in addition to the normal
>stuff, saying we aren't going to do things we shouldn't (and much of that is
>left up to our good judgment). To me, this is the right way to handle it.
that's the one I like!
>And in that context (productivity), I happen to agree. A company I worked
>for was on the receiving end of one of those complaints though, and I just
>wanted to point that out. A company will (there is no maybe here) lose that
>fight in the US courts if they have not gone the extra mile to keep such
>happenings from occurring, and if they do occur, punish (read fire) the
>employee responsible.
yes, and unfortunately that's not really a technical problem, as there are no
"serious" technical solutions. unless you forbid all outgoing emails containing
any attachment (otherwise, I can send porn jpegs, .exe's ... to a girl in
another
company, and mine may be pursued)... which is too much. to me, that's more
of a social problem.
note that even f you the company wins the fight, there may still be reputation
problems (as someone said in a very old but imilar thread).
cheers,
mouss
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