Greenfield David N, Davis Richard A
The Center for Internet Studies, West Hartford, Connecticut 06117, USA.
Cyberpsychol Behav. 2002 Aug;5(4):347-53. doi: 10.1089/109493102760275590.
Most U.S. businesses provide Internet access for their employees. The current study surveyed representatives from 224 organizations on issues related to Internet abuse. Nearly 70% of companies surveyed had more than half of their employees online. Almost all companies had Internet access policies (IAP) in place (82.6%), outlining appropriate and inappropriate use of the Internet in the workplace. Despite IAPs, U.S. businesses are facing a severe problem. More than 60% of companies had disciplined-and more than 30% had terminated--employees for inappropriate use of the Internet. Accessing pornography, online chatting, gaming, investing, or shopping at work were the leading causes for disciplinary action or termination. Many companies were not concerned about the severity of the problem (49.6%) and/or had done very little to enforce their IAPs (59.4% use self or managerial oversight, and only 37.5% use filtering software).
大多数美国企业为员工提供互联网接入服务。当前的研究对来自224个组织的代表就与网络滥用相关的问题进行了调查。近70%接受调查的公司有超过一半的员工上网。几乎所有公司都制定了互联网使用政策（IAP）（82.6%），概述了工作场所互联网的适当和不适当使用。尽管有IAP，但美国企业仍面临一个严重问题。超过60%的公司曾因员工不当使用互联网而进行过纪律处分，超过30%的公司曾因此解雇过员工。上班时访问色情内容、在线聊天、玩游戏、投资或购物是导致纪律处分或解雇的主要原因。许多公司并不担心该问题的严重性（49.6%），和/或在执行其IAP方面做得很少（59.4%采用自我或管理层监督，只有37.5%使用过滤软件）。
