Ethics and Technology | Key Terms

Key Terms - Ethics and Technology

Cyberliability: Employers can be held liable for the actions of their employees in their internet communications to the same degree as if those employers had written those communications on company letterhead.          

                               

Thick Consent:  When jobs are plentiful and the employee would have no difficulty in finding another position, then the employee has a realistic alternative if he or she finds a monitoring policy unacceptable, and consent can be classified as thick.

Extranet:  A private piece of a company’s internet network that is made available to customers and/or vendor partners on the basis of secured access by unique password.

                                                             

Thin Consent:  When an employee receives formal notification that the company will be monitoring all email and Web activity. Either at the time of hire or during employment and is made clear in that notifications that his or her continued employment with the company will be dependent on the employee’s agreement to abide by that monitoring. 

Intranet:  A company’s internal website, containing information for employee access only.     

                                                                    

Vicarious Liability:  A legal concept that means a party may be held responsible for injury or damage even when he or she was not actively involved in the incident.

Telecommuting:  The ability to work outside the office (from your home or anywhere else) and log into your company network (usually via a secure gateway such as a VPN, virtual private network).



Source: Ghillyer_Business Ethics A Real World Approach 2e