Technology’s evolvement is reaching new levels each day. There are jobs to create and update technology to stay up to speed with the world’s changes. Jobs are becoming more frequently done from home especially after the Covid pandemic. Computers and laptops are used for many occupations allowing room for cyber workplace deviance. Deviance is a standard that can be harmful and create violations against organizations. Technology has made it easier for individuals to be more unproductive at work making it even easier for workplace deviance (Tapia, 2006). Cyberloafing is a major normality becoming a bigger issue with cyber deviance. Cyberloafing is when employers look up unrelated things on the internet on their work technology such as a computer or laptop (Tapia, 2006). This is unprofessional and will require individuals to be watched from the easy ability to drift away from the given work task. Many intentional deviant cyber acts can occur from employers on technology. Mangers giving out passwords can be told by employers to other individuals (Tapia, 2006). This is giving other individuals outside the company or organization the opportunity to get into the information only supposed to be known by employers. This can be bad from possible confidential information getting leaked or hacked into. Another act can be opening tabs and leaving them for another day or to come back to. This is making them responsible for leaving access open out of an act of laziness. It is intentionally done to make it easier for the employer later. Then it is making it open to attackers especially if the computer and laptop is left on. Individuals do this out of habit and laziness to make their work easier for the next day. They will not have to look up where they left off before. But this is allowing a front door access to hackers potentially hurting the company. Many intentional and unintentional acts can create opportunities for workplace deviance. This is occurring more from the rise of cybercrime activities and technology being used for work.

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Tapia, A. H. (2006). Information technology enabled employee deviance. https://faculty.ist.psu.edu/tapia/papers/016-Tapia%201%20.pdf