What if you heard a conversation as the "water cooler" concerning exactly
what was in the email. Would you be obligated to run that in? I personally
think there is no difference. I think if the company has a policy of dipping
into the email bin then you as the admin should dip and hand it over to the
boss without reading it. He (the boss) should be responsible for reading he
content and acting on it. If you can't take any action against the employee
then you shouldn't be in a position to decide what is against company policy
and what's OK. I mean, what if you dipped one day and found that your good
friend's email was slanderous, you may decide not to turn that email in,
yet, say you found an email from an employee whose job you could possibly
move up into, you might be more determined to turn that email in.
So, my opinion is that the boss should be the only one reading the random
email if that's the game they want to play.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Evans
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:08 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] A tricky moral problem
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> A little of topic, but relevant to mail admin duties.
>
> What would anyone here do if you came across a mail sent from one staff
> member to another through the company mail server which was basically
> libelous and potentially damaging to the company if the attitudes and
> sentiments in the mail were actually applied to someones working methods.
>
> Would you pass it on to the powers that be? Any suggestions on
> how to handle
> it if you passed it on and the Boss went balistic and wanted the 2 parties
> in his office now for 'meeting'.
>
> A tricky one and I am fighting myself over turning the mail over
> to the boss
> as if the company has difficulties (which having read what these 2 are
> saying we could have) then I have a hell of a lot to loose, and
> just keeping
> my mouth shut and pretending I missed it in the random dip into the inbox.
>
> We officially keep copies of all mail so there is a backup copy,
> unofficially, the powers that be want to catch this sort of thing.
>
> Any advice - please!
>
> Dan
>
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