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Case
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Reference no. 9-392-071
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 5 August 1992

Abstract

A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' email is acceptable company practice, and whether to follow the advice of his computer operations manager who wants to fire the person who complained that the practice violates employees' privacy. The case introduces the topic of employee privacy in the electronic communications environment and potential conflicts between employees' privacy interest and employers' property interests. This case series permits students to compare and contrast the perspectives and modes of reasoning of managers, judges, and policy-makers as they approach the question of employee privacy in the electronic work environment.
Location:
Size:
700 employees
Other setting(s):
1989-1990

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Abstract

A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' email is acceptable company practice, and whether to follow the advice of his computer operations manager who wants to fire the person who complained that the practice violates employees' privacy. The case introduces the topic of employee privacy in the electronic communications environment and potential conflicts between employees' privacy interest and employers' property interests. This case series permits students to compare and contrast the perspectives and modes of reasoning of managers, judges, and policy-makers as they approach the question of employee privacy in the electronic work environment.

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Location:
Size:
700 employees
Other setting(s):
1989-1990

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