9 When It Comes to Employment and Social Media

question 8

Multiple Choice

9. When it comes to employment and social media:
I. Every U.S. law dealing with employee privacy grants significant deference to an employer's legitimate business interest.
II. U.S employers may legally canvass social media sites for information on employees and potential employees and act upon the information found.
III. When an employer finds and uses social media information to reprimand or fire an employee, the employee is likely to be successful in claiming the employer violated the employee's right to privacy.
IV. Employees can take steps to maintain the privacy of their social media use when they are not working to prevent employers from viewing it.

• A)I and II only
• B)I, II and III only.
• C)I, II and IV only
• D)I, II, III and IV

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Definitions:

Trait Function

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Evolutionary Adaptiveness

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David Buss

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