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Mitigating Liability from Employee Use of Technology

Employee abuse of employer-provided equipment has always created a potential for liability, but the advent of the computer and the Internet has significantly altered the landscape. What is new about today's electronic tools, and what increases the level of employer exposure, is the fact that these devices enable employees to have instantaneous access to the outside world. The difference between giving an employee a telephone or a computer with Internet access is like the difference between giving a hunter a pea shooter or an AK47. The likelihood of success is much greater with the AK47, but so is the risk of a significant mishap.

20 minute read June 28, 2007 at 09:45 AM
By
Sherrie Travis
Mitigating Liability from Employee Use of Technology

Gone are the days when all that 'business technology' meant was a telephone, an adding machine and carbon paper.

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