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28 Jun 2020, 07:44
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P: Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities.
R: Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business.
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According to a particular version of the law of unintended consequences policies implemented to achieve certain ends often have the consequence of making it more difficult to achieve those ends. Suppose that a government agency has announced its intention to enforce existing policies whereby communications utilizing agency channels and equipment are subject to monitoring, with employees to be investigated and potentially dismissed if they are found to be breaking the rules or not doing their jobs.
In different rows of the table, select a situation P and a situation R such that, if the agency’s announcement was intended to discourage P but inadvertently encouraged R, the combined situation would best illustrate the principle described in the passage. Make only two selections, one in each column.
In different rows of the table, select a situation P and a situation R such that, if the agency’s announcement was intended to discourage P but inadvertently encouraged R, the combined situation would best illustrate the principle described in the passage. Make only two selections, one in each column.
| P | R | Statements |
| Evidence of employee misconduct sometimes being reliable enough to result in disciplinary action. | ||
| Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business. | ||
| Investigations into employee misconduct remaining open until definitive proof of wrongdoing is obtained. | ||
| Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities. | ||
| Employees reducing their time spent at work on social media and other non-work-related activities. |
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P: Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities.
R: Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business.
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RO1
The government agency announced that it intends to monitor communications that take place using its channels and equipment. Situation P is what this announcement is intended to discourage. Monitoring employees’ communications could not be intended to discourage evidence … being reliable enough (A), investigations … remaining open until proof is obtained (C), or employees reducing their time spent on non.work activities (E). Although it is possible that the monitoring could be used to determine how often employees use private phones and accounts when doing the agency’s business (B), the announcement states that employees found to be breaking the rules or not doing their jobs will potentially be dismissed. Therefore, its intent is likely to discourage employees from spending large amounts of time at work on non-work-related activities.
The correct answer is Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities.
RO2
Situation R is an activity that, if inadvertently encouraged by the announcement, would make it more difficult for the agency to achieve the goal intended by the announcement. As explained in the analysis of RO1, the goal of monitoring employees’ use of agency communications equipment and accounts is to reduce their time spent on social media and other non-work-related activities. However, to avoid being monitored, employees may simply begin using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business (B). This situation would, paradoxically, make it harder for the agency to monitor and thus discourage employees’ non-work-related activities.
The correct answer is Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business.
RO1
The government agency announced that it intends to monitor communications that take place using its channels and equipment. Situation P is what this announcement is intended to discourage. Monitoring employees’ communications could not be intended to discourage evidence … being reliable enough (A), investigations … remaining open until proof is obtained (C), or employees reducing their time spent on non.work activities (E). Although it is possible that the monitoring could be used to determine how often employees use private phones and accounts when doing the agency’s business (B), the announcement states that employees found to be breaking the rules or not doing their jobs will potentially be dismissed. Therefore, its intent is likely to discourage employees from spending large amounts of time at work on non-work-related activities.
The correct answer is Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities.
RO2
Situation R is an activity that, if inadvertently encouraged by the announcement, would make it more difficult for the agency to achieve the goal intended by the announcement. As explained in the analysis of RO1, the goal of monitoring employees’ use of agency communications equipment and accounts is to reduce their time spent on social media and other non-work-related activities. However, to avoid being monitored, employees may simply begin using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business (B). This situation would, paradoxically, make it harder for the agency to monitor and thus discourage employees’ non-work-related activities.
The correct answer is Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business.
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28 Jun 2020, 07:57
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R: Employees frequently using private mobile phones and email accounts even when conducting company business,so that the communications remain secure (in a kind of VPN) and would have less chances to be hacked and can be easily monitored without any external intervention
P: Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities,so this would be risky since it could cause an information leak or any suspicious activity through which the employee can release any information in the dark web, compromising the security
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P: Employees spending large amounts of time at work on social media and other non-work-related activities,so this would be risky since it could cause an information leak or any suspicious activity through which the employee can release any information in the dark web, compromising the security
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