Read “Monitoring Employees on Networks: Unethical or Good Business?” on p. 210 (Ch. 6) of Essentials of Management Information Systems.
Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words:
How does e-mail benefit an organization? Why might an organization want to limit how an employee uses e-mail during work hours? What is an e-mail’s path once it leaves an organization? Email benefits an organization in speed of communication between its employees as well as management and also the decreased cost of this method of instant communication. An organization would limit how an employee uses email due to several concerns including personal related emails containing personal or offensive language or material that would be directly linked with the organization that could result in negative publicity and lawsuits. Also, the risk of sensitive organization information, client information or trade secrets being leaked is a constant concern of organization management. The path of an email is meant to go directly from the sender to the receiver but can be sent over the internet to other sources and obtained by hackers and unintended individuals either intentionally or by unintentional means so using private networks are a widely used method to avoid this from happening as much as possible.
What is the effect of instant messaging on organizational networks? What are benefits and drawbacks of using instant messaging in an organization? The effect can be both beneficial as well as hurtful depending on the organization’s security in their network. While instant messaging offers significant convenience and speed in sending a quick message from one employee to another to be seen almost immediately, if the organization’s security is lacking in any way those instant messages can be intercepted by hackers and seen by other users. This could include a client/ customer’s personal