This Week’s Discussion:

How has cyber technology created opportunities for workplace deviance?

Workplace deviance is something that’s been around long before cyber technology began to grow and evolve. Although cyber technology is something we have grown to rely on as an entire country, it also shows many risks such as conflicts and illegal acts in the workplace. While some forms of the crimes are known, while other parts were unknown and referred to as the “dark figure of crime. Some of these known acts would include the overcollection of data management, instances of white collar crime; overcharging, and false advertising, digital piracy, cyberstalking, as well as the spread of adult content and videos. Even though we learned this week that white collar crime, is not the same a cybercrime, they both make a huge impact on workplace deviance. Overcharging for a client’s medicine is extremely unethical and fiercely frowned upon. False advertisement is misleading and sets a tone of lying and unrealistic expectations. Cyberstalking is something many people don’t realize they do but because its not at an unreasonable percentage, it normally slides. Cyberstalking opens the door to what and where a person lives, or likes to with the company resources behind them. The data was entered to benefit the customer for a service, while the data has now been compromised and could kidnap our son, or daughter. Digital piracy is also an important feature that has brought a vulnerability of workplace deviance. Digital Piracy could easily happen if your management decides to have a movie day for all the employees, then one of them should have what they have been lacking, and that they’ll record the movie for their family, friends, or personal entertainment. With some of the best forms of cyber technology, they can be the smallest features, but create harsh vulnerabilities in the company that could be detrimental for its survival.