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Electronic Mail: An Issue of Privacy Versus Property Rights

Hamid Tavakolian (Management Consultant and Research Professor at Management Department of California State University, Fullerton)

Management Research News

ISSN: 0140-9174

Article publication date: 1 August 1995

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Abstract

Do you use Electronic mail (E‐mail)? Do you know if anyone other than the intended recipient is reading the mail you send? And, what would you do if it fell into the wrong hands? Employees around the world use E‐mail more than a million times a day (Elmer‐Dewitt, 1993). E‐mail is used for a multitude of purposes including telling jokes, discussing confidential matters, or even spreading gossip that could be potentially offensive if overheard by the wrong person. E‐mail is more convenient for most to use rather than having to pick up the phone or wander down a hall to tell someone something. A common misconception many have concerning the use of E‐mail is that it is as private as mail or a phone call (Elmer‐Dewitt, 1993).

Citation

Tavakolian, H. (1995), "Electronic Mail: An Issue of Privacy Versus Property Rights", Management Research News, Vol. 18 No. 8/9, pp. 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028418

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