I wanted thank you for allowing Bagley Consulting Solutions the opportunity to work with Prudential Financial. As requested, we have evaluated the email and internet usage company wide, which would include the board of directors and have made recommendations on potential policy’s that would reduce overall personal employee usage of the internet as well as prevent unethical or malicious activity. Our analysis included incoming and outgoing email, websites access, and overall internet usage by employee. Based on our assessment, we are making the following recommendations:
1. Redefine employee polices for email and internet usage.
2. Implement an annual acknowledgement/certification of said policies.
3. Implement processes for Corporate Governance. …show more content…
Furthermore, the duty of loyalty applies to the board of directors as it stands for the principles of a corporation in making all decisions in their capacities as corporate fiduciaries, must act without personal economic conflict. The duty of loyalty can be breached either by making a self-interested transaction or taking a corporate opportunity (Velasco, 2015). .In order for Prudential Financial to prevent any violations of the duty of loyalty, it is recommended that, if a fiduciary wishes to make a self-interested transaction, or take a corporate opportunity, the fiduciary must first fully disclose both the facts of the conflict, and the details of the transaction and obtain approval for such transactions by the CEO. For employees, the uses of internet in work place has some pros and cons sometimes it may affect the violation of the duty care or duty of loyalty and sometime its uses enhance the productivity of the employee. This relates to the ethics of the employee for what purpose they are using the internet for at work place. If the employee is using to share the company stuff personally it becomes the serious concern. However, this is the whole sole responsibility of the employee to not use abuse the internet, which could potential violate the duty of care or duty of …show more content…
With the increased use of technology and Internet, it is very important to focus on the privacy policy at workplace. Internet and e-mail policy referred to the policy that controls the usage and Internet browsing behavior at workplace, which would also deter from malfeasance activity within the organizations. Corporate governance is needed in order to maintain and evaluate process and policies. The governance should include the include monitoring the activities through electronic monitoring system. This can be done with collaborative work of human resource and IT department, conducting surprise audit on a monthly or weekly basis to better control the Internet usage by the employees. In addition to having a clear and comprehensive acceptable usage policy in place, as well as ensures employees are made aware of such policy and recognize there are consequences of their non-compliance. Management should continue to review the acceptable usage policy regularly and ensure it is up to date and work to educate employees about the implications of personal use of internet at work. To ensure the reduction in internet usage, it is also recommended that management provide computers in an environment that is dedicated for
1. Redefine employee polices for email and internet usage.
2. Implement an annual acknowledgement/certification of said policies.
3. Implement processes for Corporate Governance. …show more content…
Furthermore, the duty of loyalty applies to the board of directors as it stands for the principles of a corporation in making all decisions in their capacities as corporate fiduciaries, must act without personal economic conflict. The duty of loyalty can be breached either by making a self-interested transaction or taking a corporate opportunity (Velasco, 2015). .In order for Prudential Financial to prevent any violations of the duty of loyalty, it is recommended that, if a fiduciary wishes to make a self-interested transaction, or take a corporate opportunity, the fiduciary must first fully disclose both the facts of the conflict, and the details of the transaction and obtain approval for such transactions by the CEO. For employees, the uses of internet in work place has some pros and cons sometimes it may affect the violation of the duty care or duty of loyalty and sometime its uses enhance the productivity of the employee. This relates to the ethics of the employee for what purpose they are using the internet for at work place. If the employee is using to share the company stuff personally it becomes the serious concern. However, this is the whole sole responsibility of the employee to not use abuse the internet, which could potential violate the duty of care or duty of …show more content…
With the increased use of technology and Internet, it is very important to focus on the privacy policy at workplace. Internet and e-mail policy referred to the policy that controls the usage and Internet browsing behavior at workplace, which would also deter from malfeasance activity within the organizations. Corporate governance is needed in order to maintain and evaluate process and policies. The governance should include the include monitoring the activities through electronic monitoring system. This can be done with collaborative work of human resource and IT department, conducting surprise audit on a monthly or weekly basis to better control the Internet usage by the employees. In addition to having a clear and comprehensive acceptable usage policy in place, as well as ensures employees are made aware of such policy and recognize there are consequences of their non-compliance. Management should continue to review the acceptable usage policy regularly and ensure it is up to date and work to educate employees about the implications of personal use of internet at work. To ensure the reduction in internet usage, it is also recommended that management provide computers in an environment that is dedicated for