When Ethics and IT Collide 414
jcatcw writes "IT workers have access to confidential data, and they can see what other employees are doing on their computers or the networks. This can put a good worker in a bad predicament. Bryan, the IT director for the U.S. division of German company, discovered an employee using a company computer to view pornography of Asian women and of children. He reported it but the company ignored it. Subsequently the employee was promoted and moved to China to run a manufacturing plant. That was six years ago but Bryan still regrets not going to the FBI. Other IT workers admit using their admin passwords to snoop through company systems. In a Ponemon Institute poll of more than 16,000 U.S. IT practitioners, 62% said they had accessed another person's computer without permission, 50% read confidential or sensitive information without a legitimate reason, and 42% said they had knowingly violated their company's privacy, security or IT policies. But in the absence of a professional code of ethics, companies struggle to keep corporate policies up to date."
Why talk about Ethics (Score:1, Funny)
Actually, I'd like to see a slashdot poll on this subject.
Re:Why bother keeping corporate policies up to dat (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why bother keeping corporate policies up to dat (Score:5, Funny)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I can read your email...
Re:Ethics? (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Not entirely ethics (Score:5, Funny)
Come off it ... 70% of ALL porn-viewing is during working hours.
Your boss does it. Your coworkers do it. Get over it.
As long as you get your work done, who gives a shit? Better they look at pr0n than some site that advocates that "Jebus is comiong soon" and they start putting bible tracts on your keyboard ... THAT is a real invasion of a person's "space".
Re:Why bother keeping corporate policies up to dat (Score:5, Funny)
Well reporting it to upper management is possibly one of the worst things you can do. In the example he said he knew about the kiddy porn and report it to upper managment. Well, that was your first mistake. First thing you did was single yourself out as a trouble maker and a snitch. People don't like snitches, even if it is for a good reason.
Well he reported the shit and nothing happened. Well possibly nobody believed him so he outed himself for no good reason. Then most upper management blokes tend to run in packs. So odds are he outed his mark to a friend of his mark. The person he outed and the person he outed to could have booth been trading kiddy porn or the person he outed just simply said he wasn't to his frined. Who would you believe? So the only thing he did was paint a fat ass target on his ass.
I would have anonymously figure out a way to rig his computer to send all his kiddy porn to a "public" printer. The biggest fucking color printer in the place. Maybe one of those big ass HP with paper rolls on it. For extra kick I would have set it to go off when the office prude or church lady was standing next to it. Then I would fire the bitch off and stand back and watch the fun.
Mr Kiddy porn gets what's coming to him. I'm not on anyone elses shit list and I have a good laugh at someone elses expense. Of course the whole fuckign thing can backfire. I might not be as good as I think I am and the whole barking mess could fall right back in to my lap with a fat ass thund follwed by a clang.
but I'm that good.. so no worries...
Re:At the end of the day, it's your reflection. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why talk about Ethics (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why bother keeping corporate policies up to dat (Score:4, Funny)
There's a drawback to secretly reading emails (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why talk about Ethics (Score:3, Funny)