CEO of Lexon computer corporation must decide the interception and monitoring of staff e-mail is an accepted practice of the company, and whether to follow the advice of your computer Operations Manager, who wants to fire the person who complained that the practice violates employee privacy. The case introduces the topic of employee privacy in the electronic communications environment and potential conflicts of interest between employees and employers Privacy property interests. This case series allows students to compare and contrast the perspectives and ways of reasoning leaders, judges and politicians, how they approach the issue of employee privacy in the electronic environment of work. "Hide
by Lynn Sharp Paine Source: Harvard Business School 2 pages. Publication Date: January 15, 1992. Prod. # 392 071-PDF-ENG