Monitoring Employee Internet Use: My own perspective.c",)

I have read an article written by Erwin A. Alampay, Ph.D., Regina Hechanova of Philippine Daily Inquirer about monitoring employee use of internet.
It talks about how companies limit their employees on using the net. Yes, it’s true that having internet in their offices is a norm in all organizations inside and outside the Philippines. The most popular reason given for providing access is for research and ease of communication.
In my own opinion, granting employees to access the internet wouldn’t create any problem provided that policies are clearly stated to them. For example, companies prohibit their employees to surf on specific sites that are not useful to them (like blocking all games and porn sites). I myself had experienced the usefulness of internet inside the work area when I had my on-the-job training at Pryce Gases Incorporated. Instead of making and submitting reports to the secretary manually, these reports could reach the office thru yahoo mail. Then just prompt them you have sent an email thru yahoo messenger.
Though access to internet is provided, restrictions on some online applications are being stated in their policies. Since there are policies regarding employee use, it means that violating these policies would result to an appropriate award. Some violators were reprimanded and warned while some were dismissed. Given that Internet use carries both advantages and disadvantages written policies, formal training, and proper management can help minimize risk and maximize compliance to organizational and legal regulations. The recent news of hacking of government websites tells us how important information security would become in our days. Let us all be careful enough and prevent possible problem occurrences by disciplining ourselves and follow ground rules in using the internet.