Clearly, it serves as an expeditious manner of communicating to employees on a global scale. It has also served as the downfall of many employees, resulting in termination. A federal court dismissed his wrongful termination lawsuit. There are two scenerios whereby I see the propensity for problems. First, training is not given in an adequate manner in which employees thoroughly understand the ramifications of using email incorrectly.
Many companies operate on assumptions.
They assume that in today's technological age that everyone knows that email systems are something that can be traced and monitored. But they are wrong. The second problem area centers around the interpretation of emails. This is clearly subjective and can lead to animosity amongst co-workers. Of course, credit fraud was soon to follow.