Re: i-cap proposals

[ArkanoiD <ark () eltex net>]

nuqneH,

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 10:58:04AM -0500, Paul D. Robertson wrote:

> > Non-performance issues. Hah! You really do think someone will work more
> > efficient if you just prohibit him from spending work time on
> > non-business issues? I say plain NO. Any decent book on managing IT
>
> No, I think that being able to show that they're not spending company time
> on non-work issues is significantly easier when they're not allowed to
> access personal computing resources, I think that monitoring for
> compliance becomes significantly less tricky in regards to privacy issues,
> and I think that if you do have a problem, being able to fully investigate
> the problem without having to file lawsuits to get to the information is
> much, much simpler- and fraught with less murky gray areas in regards to
> privacy, competition, appropriate usage, exposing employees to a hostile
> environment, etc.

That depends on network AUP much. Don't know for US but here in Russia the 
most common privacy policy is not to interfere with employees personal
communications unless there is a pretty explicit reason for investigation. 
It is considered unethical. Company's security service should be legally
allowed to, but not on the will.
 
> However, I will categorically state that the places I've been where folks
> don't allow personal access and where they do monitor for compliance have
> significantly less "recreational" activity going on during business hours.
> But then those places don't have issues with non-compliance because they
> don't change the policy if it isn't popular, they change the employee if
> they can't comply.

Things are not always that simple. Speaking for me, working in environment where
i am not allowed to do recreational things on my workplace and communicate to outside
should at least double my income to be acceptable.

Compartment mode systems are sometimes cheaper ;-)

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