Which of the Following Is True Regarding Employee Privacy

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true regarding employee privacy?

• A) Employees have complete privacy to use the organization's equipment without being monitored.
• B) Safety of an employee's private information is his/her own responsibility.
• C) Social Security numbers should be the only means of identifying employees.
• D) The monitoring policy relating to e-mails and the Internet must be substantiated by business reasons.
• E) The act of conducting background and criminal checks on employees who will have access to sensitive data increases the risk of identity theft.

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profit that is held back and not distributed to shareholders, used for reinvestment or debt payment.

Dividend

A distribution of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders.

Expense Matching

An accounting principle that states expenses should be recorded in the same period as the revenues they helped to generate, to accurately match income with expenses.

Cause and Effect

A relationship where one event (the cause) leads to the outcome of another event (the effect).