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Cyberslacking!

Cyberslacking! LAW CYBERSLACKING A Liability Issue for Wired Workplaces The internet has brought more than distraction to the workplace. Employee misuse of the internet can create legal liability for employers. BY JULINE E. MILLS, BO HU, SRIKANTH BELDONA, AND JOAN CLAY t is 10:00 AM at your company. Do you know what your they cause losses in productivity and slow your company’s employees are doing? Let’s look at some hypothetical but computer network. At worst, they can result in legal action. I(unfortunately) realistic examples of how employees are “Cyberslacking,” “cyberloafing,” and “cyberbludging” are using the company’s computer network. Marty in reserva- terms used to describe the activities involved in wasting time tions is downloading pornographic images and saving them on the internet while people are supposedly at work. on the company’s server. Alice and Sally in accounting are Cyberslacking, as we’ll call it (see Exhibit 1), is recreational posting defamatory messages about another employee on the web surfing on the job or using the internet at work for one’s company’s electronic bulletin board. Meanwhile, Bill, the food own purposes. In this article we discuss cyberslacking, its and beverage manager, is logged on to an online chat room Text continues on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly SAGE

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LAW CYBERSLACKING A Liability Issue for Wired Workplaces The internet has brought more than distraction to the workplace. Employee misuse of the internet can create legal liability for employers. BY JULINE E. MILLS, BO HU, SRIKANTH BELDONA, AND JOAN CLAY t is 10:00 AM at your company. Do you know what your they cause losses in productivity and slow your company’s employees are doing? Let’s look at some hypothetical but computer network. At worst, they can result in legal action. I(unfortunately) realistic examples of how employees are “Cyberslacking,” “cyberloafing,” and “cyberbludging” are using the company’s computer network. Marty in reserva- terms used to describe the activities involved in wasting time tions is downloading pornographic images and saving them on the internet while people are supposedly at work. on the company’s server. Alice and Sally in accounting are Cyberslacking, as we’ll call it (see Exhibit 1), is recreational posting defamatory messages about another employee on the web surfing on the job or using the internet at work for one’s company’s electronic bulletin board. Meanwhile, Bill, the food own purposes. In this article we discuss cyberslacking, its and beverage manager, is logged on to an online chat room Text continues on

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Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly – SAGE

Published: Oct 1, 2001

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