Jane, a secretary, was laid off. Her employer gave her three weeks notice. After two weeks, Jane realized that finding another job was going to be very tough, and she began to get bitter. Her son told her about a virus that had infected the computers at school. He had a disk infected with the virus. Jane took the disk to work and copied the disk onto the network server, which is also connected to the company’s mainframe. One month later, the company realized that some data and application programs had been destroyed.

Jane, a secretary, was laid off. Her employer gave her three weeks notice. After two weeks, Jane realized that finding another job was going to be very tough, and she began to get bitter. Her son told her about a virus that had infected the computers at school. He had a disk infected with the virus. Jane took the disk to work and copied the disk onto the network server, which is also connected to the company’s mainframe. One month later, the company realized that some data and application programs had been destroyed.

Business Its Legal Ethical & Global Environment

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ISBN:9781305224414

Author:JENNINGS

Publisher:JENNINGS

Chapter21: Management: Employment Discrimination

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