Cyber Slacking
Newsweek, Nov. 29, 1999

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1. List 4 ways people "shirk" on the job.
   
2. How does Jill McGarr rationalize on-line shopping while at work?
   
3. What time of day does mplayer.com surge?

4. What percentage of employees have admitted to surfing the Internet while at work?

5. According to SurfWatch Software, what fraction of work time is spent on the Internet conducting non-work activities?

6. How did the anonymous financial analyst spend his on-line time?

7. What Internet site boasts, "Wasting your time since 1996"?

8. Describe DonsBossPage.com's panic button.

9. How does Don Pavlish rationalize Web surfing during work?

10. What is the estimated dollar amount of wasted computer resources due to cyber slacking?

11. Why are executives concerned about sexual harassment as a result of Internet surfing?

12. What are companies doing to remedy Internet surfing?

13. What are some features of Telemate.net's cyperspying software?

14. How many people were released from Xerox for inappropriate Internet usage?

15. How does Vantage One view gaming?

16. What is Jay Severson's claim to fame?

17. Is it legal for employers to fire people based on non-work related Internet usage? Does this concern you? why or why not

18. Why did Compaq fire Glen Eastman?

19. What happened to overload Lockheed Martin's computer system last year?

20. What steps were taken to fix Lockheed Martin's problem?

21. Do you think companies are within their rights to monitor employee e-mail? why or why not?

22. As a worker, what do you think about people using company resources for personal Internet usage?

23. As an employer, what do you think about people using company resources for personal Internet usage?