1. Business Use of the Internet Thomas Lapp Computer Sciences Corporation Newark, Delaware

2. Defined Company systems are to be used exclusively for company business purposes

3. Computer Ethics Issue What constitutes company business purposes? Who defines what that is? Who enforces the policy?

4. Possible Solutions Honesty policy -- expect employees not to go where they should not –highest hit rates at playboy.com come from Fortune 500 businesses Enforcement of flagrant abusers –monitor firewall for major abuse and discipline these employees

5. Possible Solutions (Cont’d) Lock out sites –risk that someone will have legitimate need to access a site –who maintains the lock-out list?

6. Conclusions Determining business-use is not always black and white Trying to enforce a policy based on shades of gray is even more difficult