The Ethical Culture of an Organization
Organizational culture is defined by the expectations, experiences, philosophy, and values that guide employees’ behaviors.
An acceptable use policy, detailing how computer systems owned by the organization can be used, should include the following aspects:
- legal considerations, including data security laws, jurisdiction, the ownership of systems and data, and proper use of intellectual property
- data security provisions, including personal responsibilities of users, ways the systems can and cannot be used, and types of unacceptable web content
- liability considerations, outlining disclaimers that remove an organization’s responsibilities for data breaches, information theft, or misuse of the internet