Out of consideration for colleagues the noise level of telephone conversations should be kept to a minimum. The policy for the use of cell phones for personal calls is the same as that for the use of office phones for personal calls. Staff should not leave personal cell phones at workstations turned on and unattended. Staff should use personal phone cards when it is necessary to make personal long distance calls from department phones. Public telephones are available for personal calls on the second floor and in the basement of Olin when more lengthy personal calls are unavoidable.
Business often needs to be conducted via email as well.
Personal messages should be sent only on the staff person's own time. It is often necessary for CTS staff to search the internet in the course of doing their jobs. Personal internet searching should be done only on the staff person's own time.