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financials be disclosed. Explain the risks that individual employees
face (disciplinary action, termination, lawsuits) for revealing confi-
dential company information.
8. Discuss First Amendment and privacy expectations and reali-
ties. When it comes to freedom of speech, privacy, and ownership,
many employees are misguided—dangerously so. Let employees
know that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy when
using the company computer system. Explain that the First
Amendment only restricts government control of speech; it says
nothing about private employers.
If you are a private employer operating in an employment-at- ...