And that's just fine with him. Make the no-nos absolutely clear. Even if you have a fairly liberal moonlighting policy, make sure your employees know what's off-limits. There's a good deal of consensus about what constitutes abuse, and IT managers say it happens. In several cases, he says, he finds out about the abuse from other employees who are distressed by the ethical implications of what their colleagues are doing.
Some firms routinely monitor server and mainframe session logs to spot unusual patterns.
He suggests that IS managers make it clear that telephone and onlineaccess logs will be checked periodically to fore-stall such abuse. Use the opportunity to track employee morale. Inc. All rights reserved.