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Often, new technology brings in its train unprecedented problems. As far as computers, e-mail and the internet are concerned, this certainly holds true in many arenas. But there is one aspect of this new technology which does not present additional difficulties: cyber-slacking. The managerial challenges posed by employees using these amenities for job search, shopping sprees, personal relationships, in a word, general goofing off, have long ago already been overcome by employers. There is 'nothing new under the sun' in at least this one dimension of the computer age.
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Block, W. Cyberslacking, Business Ethics and Managerial Economics. Journal of Business Ethics 33, 225–231 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012002902693
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