At risk of taking an unpopular view, I think that most employers would
like to trust their staff and DO most of the time.  Unfortunately, it's
the 1-2% of staff who abuse the system and take advantage of situations
that cause employers to have to address these problems in formal
policies.

The reason I asked about policies other museums may have developed is
because we've had a very bad virus/worm that infected 3 computers at
work at a very inconvenient time--all as a result of an employee putting
personal software on the company computer without permission from the
supervisor.  We have a couple of employees who feel it is okay to play
games on their computer for the last hour of the day--and because there
isn't a policy that specifically addresses the situation, it continues
to be a problem--even though staff have been warned not to do this on
work time.  And, we have a couple of people who spend rather large
amounts of time on the internet--and we have only so many phone lines.

I did a search on the net and found that lots of universities have
policies--especially physics departments--but they didn't quite fit what
we are looking for.  I appreciate all the helpful responses--in case I
forgot to personally thank those who responded--thanks!

Amelia Chamberlain
Programs Director
So. Or. Hist. Soc.
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