Serendipity

Unit 5, Activity 8

Index

Setting the rules

In small groups, discuss the following:

Imagine that you work in the HR Department of a large corporation. Recently, you have been facing a lot of complaints about employees ‘abusing’ the Internet while at work – spending time on social media, chatting and playing games instead of working.

Come up with a comprehensive Internet Policy for your company, considering the following issues and any others you can think of:

• Whether or not to block various sites
• Policy on downloading of copyrighted materials
• What to do with employees caught viewing pornography at their desk
• Use of social media on personal devices such as smartphones or tablets
• Installation and renewal of anti-virus software
• Playing music over the computer speakers while working