Workplace deviance is any intentional behavior or action that violates and or harms the organization or its employees. Interpersonal deviance is when an employee targets another member of the organization, either with bullying or harassment. Organizational deviance is when the employee steals or otherwise deliberately harms the organization as a whole. Cyber technology has definitely helped people in a multitude of ways, but it has also caused damage in others.

One of the most common problems for school age children is bullying, and with more and more children with phones and computers, that bullying doesn’t necessarily stop once they get home. Despite the overall focus on how bullying affects children, it is also just as common for adults to experience bullying at the workplace, either from harassment, threats or rumors. One problem with bullying today is that it can happen silently, with nobody but the victim and the perpetrator knowing about it, since all the harassment can be done through technology. The victim might not even know the perpetrator’s identity, or even if they are one of their employees at all. Online harassment is extremely common, and it isn’t a stretch to think that workplace harassment can often go unpunished simply because the victim doesn’t know it is one of their own colleagues doing the harassments.

On the other hand, organizational deviance can cause just as many problems, as most of a company or employees’ information can be found on the computer. If an angry employee (or ex-employee) can just find out what his boss’ password is, then he could have the company’s personal information, and maybe even his colleague’s information. An employee that is upset with the organization can also leave bad reviews of the organization under a false name online very easily, and while this probably isn’t enough to hurt a large corporation, it may hurt a small business’ reputation.