42. Staying Out of Trouble
Read your company’s e-mail and
Internet policy.
43. Staying Out of Trouble
Assume your boss is reading your
e-mail or looking over your Web usage.
44. Staying Out of Trouble
Do not send jokes or subscribe to a joke
list at work.
45. Staying Out of Trouble
Start limiting your time spent on
personal usage of the Web, including
e-mail.
46. Staying Out of Trouble
Avoid emotional comments and
sarcasm. Focus on objective, verifiable
facts.
47. Staying Out of Trouble
Do not e-mail employee problems to
human resources or management. Call
instead.
48. The Family Test
Ask yourself whether you’d be saying
or doing the same thing in front of
your family.
49. The Newspaper Test
Would you say or do the same thing
even if it was published on the front
page of the newspaper?
50. Staying Out of Trouble
Nearly one-third of companies in a poll
have fired workers for improper
Internet use, and two-thirds have had to
do some disciplining.