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• There are limits to employers’ ability to monitor and enforce all
AUP rules.
• When an authorized user is documented abusing AUP rules, dis-
cipline will result.
When online misbehavior is involved, both the employer and employee
realize that verication and attribution can be issues. Therefore, the follow-
ing principles apply: (1) The employee will always be a party to consider-
ing the facts involved in misbehavior (usually in the form of an interview),
and (2) employees will be held accountable for their behavior. These prin-
ciples, coupled with those enumerated above, are more difcult to apply
than it would appear (at least in this writer’s experience). Often, employers ...