Just because e-mail is the most common method of communicating in the business world these days does not mean that it is a benign form of communication. E-mail is frequently used by employees to harass, slander, stalk, insult, and discriminate against coworkers. If you tolerate the use of your company e-mail systems to send pornographic, hostile, crude or offensive jokes, slurs, pictures, stories, language or documents, the company is probably responsible and you are setting yourself up for a lawsuit.

If you haven’t taken steps to protect your company from these liabilities, this problem won’t go away, so don’t stick your head in the sand. Get busy implementing a policy and training that will let your employees know that your workplace information systems are not the appropriate place for unprofessional and libelous statements.

As with most workplace problems, there are 4 steps you need to take: Continue reading E-mail Dangers →