Re: Background Checks Revisited

["Sarazen, Daniel" <dsarazen () UMASSP EDU>]

In short, my old company considered this, but didn't know how they would
deal with:

 

*       Loss of Talent (Which had been performing just fine previously)

*       Potential Lawsuits (although this was technically not an issue,
according to legal counsel) 

 

So they choose to use a "going-forward" logic.

 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Volz, Donald D
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:36 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Background Checks Revisited

 

Apologies to those of you who see this question on multiple lists.

 

I checked several EDUCAUSE discussion list archives and found a few
earlier threads on the topic of employee background checks.  It appeared
that MOST respondents performed checks on prospective IT employees, and
quite a few indicated that ALL new hires were subject to such tests,
regardless of department or job position.  

 

However, I did not get any insight about the use of background checks on
existing employees, i.e., those hired before background checks became a
requirement for employment.  Obviously there are non-trivial legal and
policy considerations surrounding the institutional response to the
results of those checks, but I'd like to set those aside for the moment
and focus on who is subject to background checks. 

 

My questions are simple:

 

1) Does anyone perform background checks on existing employees hired
prior to the implementation of such checks for new hires?  

 

2) If yes, are they performed only to address individual employee
situations or circumstances? If so, please explain.

 

3) Are you planning to complete such checks on ALL or some key subset(s)
of your existing employees (e.g., all IT employees, staff only, all
cashiers, all faculty and staff, ...)?    

 

 

Regards,

Don

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Don Volz

Special Assistant to the VP for Information Technology

Texas State University-San Marcos

Email: don.volz () txstate edu

Voice: 512-245-9650

FAX: 512-245-1226