Any kind of liability that an employee can create through communication, they can do through e-mail. |
Every company is going to be sued sometime. The courts are telling companies that they can make it hard on themselves or they can make it easy on themselves. If they're smart, they'll have rules of the road and make sure employees know what those rules are. The courts made it pretty plain this summer where they stand on this. |
From a morale standpoint it makes sense for employees to know where they stand. Usually rumors of what companies are doing with e-mail systems are a lot worse than the truth. |
If a company is sued, it is routine for the other party to ask the company to produce all their records [on the subject], including e-mail. E-mail is a really juicy target because it can be searched by keyword. |
It's just an incredible place that I think they're going to love. (The Edinburgh castle) just dominates the skyline. . . . I think they're going to be amazed when they see this. |
People say the most incredible things on e-mail. The power of e-mail is in a sense its own downfall, because it's so easy to transmit and collect. |
Right now we're still a bit short. |
They were very impressed with our kids. I just couldn't say no. |
We had been told there would be no questions. Somebody had to break the silence. |
You need the lawyers to understand what's dangerous and what's not; you need the IT people to know what's feasible and what's not; and you need a smattering of people from the rest of the company to know what the culture is. |
You really have to work at this. You can't just do it and say that's it. You have problems that come up every day. |