Case Study: The Vitruvius Company

Paper Summary:

This paper explains the situation at Vitruvius Company is that a vice-president is reading employees' emails within their office email addresses because, as a new member of a team, he wants to better get to know his colleagues. The company is faced with possible financial losses from a potential legal suit by the employees and from the employees becoming demotivated leading to decreasing personnel efficiency. The paper includes recommendation to resolve this situation.

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Subject
Case Summary
The Implications of the Case
Recommendation for Action
Communication Methods for all the Involved Parties

From the Paper:

"The board of the company, together with the consultancy team, should elaborate new internal rules for using the Internet. 'Employers eager to minimize electronic risks and maximize employee compliance should start with written rules and policies' is the opinion of specialists in the field. The new rules for using the email and Instant Messaging platforms should transmit the idea that employees must use the Internet as a corporate communication tool, and not for their leisure time."

Sample of Sources Used:

• '2006 Workplace E-Mail, Instant Messaging & Blog Survey: Bosses Battle Risk by Firing E-Mail, IM & Blog Violators ', last retrieved on 18th of October 2007, website: http://press.amanet.org/press-releases/28/2006-workplace-e-mail-instant-messaging-blog-survey-bosses-battle-risk-by-firing-e-mail-im-blog-violators/
• Sven Ove Hansson and Elin Palm, eds., The Ethics of Workplace Privacy (SALTSA Reports, Work and Society Series nr 50), (Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang), 2005, paperback, 186 pages
• Adams, Helen. "Privacy in the 21st Century". Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

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