1. JEREMY AND JEANNETTE
CASE
By: Michael Perez
Instructor: Gina Riestra
MGT 3610 Human Resource Management
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

2. Does Jeremy have a right to privacy
in his personal computer at work?
Jeremy have the right to protect his privacy of his
personal computer because the machine belong
to him.

3. Does it matter that the employer has
policy prohibiting personal Internet
surfing?
Employer has the right to of prohibiting
personal internet surfing because employer
lost money, employee lost productivity
Possibility that a user will use enterprise
property to download viruses, transmit
sensitive company information, or use
enterprise property to break the law.

4. Does the fact that Jeremy works for a
government employer make a difference in terms
of the law to be applied to the analysis? If so,
what difference does it make?
 He is at work he and the policy say “electronic
communications are monitored need”.
 In government workplace are something warrantless for
search and monitory privacy, when you violating the policy
and break the law not matter if is your personal computer
 As a general rule, a government employee would continue
to have an expectation of privacy in his or her personal
belongings that have been brought into the workplace
environment.

6. If Jeremy is indeed going to
pornographic sites and a colleague
objects, does Jeremy’s behavior expose
the employer to liability?
 If Jeremy is indeed going to porno site, employer can take
a disciplinary action against for his behavior and sexual
harassment complaint.
 The company need blocked pornographic site for this kind
of issue don’t happen in the future.
 Make the prohibited of the use of personal computer at
work.

7. Bibliography
 Maidment, F. (2011). Annual Editions: Human Resources 10/11
(19th Edition ed.). (F. Maidment, Ed.) McGraw-Hill Higher
Education.
 Lemons, B. R. (n.d.). Warrantless Workplace Searches of
Government Employees. Retrieved 8 26, 2011, from Warrantless
Workplace Searches of Government Employees:
www.khodges.com/iacp/GovernmentEmployeeSearches.doc