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Clive Shearer
Management
by Design
By Clive Shearer
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September 9, 2009

Management by Design: Some things to consider when writing your firm's online policy

By CLIVE SHEARER
Special to the Journal

Should employers block access to Facebook, Yahoo, Gmail and other social Internet sites? Can you stop people from using work time to browse around online? Is it acceptable to allow people a little down time to check the weather online or check their personal e-mail or social networking accounts?

Smokers take breaks outside the building, others use personal phones for personal calls, so could nonsmokers and non-talkers be allowed a little leeway too?


 
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