Team A: Senior executives at Unexamined Life, a large insurance corporation
with offices across Canada. UL has an Intranet for internal
company use and uses the Internet for Web advertising and communication with
clients. The executives are concerned about the high recreational use of office
computers affecting productivity, and propose strict company policies on
extracurricular use of computing. They plan to monitor e-mail, newsgroup, and
Web usage.
Team B: Leaders of the employees' association at UL, who argue that restricting
Internet access and personal e-mail hampers the development of a positive
corporate culture, inhibits the creativity of employees, and decreases
productivity by decreasing job satisfaction.
Last updated Jan. 02, 2003.