How has cyber technology created opportunities for workplace deviance? Week 6
Deviance can be anywhere but is more easier to occur on the internet in the workplace rather than occurring face to face with other employees because when anything is done online the deviant believes it is hard for the action to be detected and punished. The definition of workplace deviance is “the deliberate desire to cause harm to an organization.” Everybody has motives and has a breaking point or believes something different than other people when it comes to different situations such as people that have been working at jobs for over twenty years might believe they should be promoted to a manager or a CEO of a company while the actual bosses do not believe that is the right venture for the company at the time or ever. This can result in the employee having sour feelings about the company and the employers, then can lead to deviant behavior such as trying to sabotage the company and releasing sensitive data about the company. This action can set the company back and destroy the business if not corrected and caught immediately. Another example of workplace deviance is when a person is on harmful sites they should not be on while during the workday hours which can lead to hackers being able to plant bugs and other viruses on the company’s hardware which can lead to another gateway for sensitive information to be leaked and abused. Cyber technology helps a deviant outsmart the workplace when it comes to workplace deviance because it can be harder to catch the person causing all the confusion in the workplace, and can mess with the workplace business. Cyber technology leaves room for error, malicious activity, disruption within the systems of the workplace such as their devices and the hardware that can become vulnerable to cyber-attacks.