How has cyber technology create opportunities for workplace deviance?
Workplace deviance refers to someone who intentionally wants to cause harm to an organization that goes against the organization’s norm. An example of this will be an insider treat. Insider threats comes from employees, former employees and or third-party vendors within an organization. Malicious insiders’ objective is to cause harm to the business by gaining unauthorized access to systems where they’re able to steal property for fraud, revenge, or blackmail. In March 2020, a former employee was furloughed from a medical device packaging company because of the outbreak of COVID-19. During the pandemic, people were forced to work from home. This made it easier for more incidents to occur during work. The former employee wanted to get revenge by hacking into the company’s computer network and deleted 120,000 records damaging the company’s delay in deliveries of medical equipment to healthcare providers. Deviant workplace behavior examples include theft, fraud, vandalism, etc. Deviant workplace behavior is an intentional act to threaten the well-being of an organization. This behavior is important in a cyber technology workplace because more is out at stake if data is released or sold. To know that something is deviant look out for things and actions that go against formally enacted laws. Property deviance is where employees damage or acquire tangible assets without authorization. Employees that does something to damage the company are committing deviant acts. It’s unethical. The consequences of workplace deviance includes companies losing millions of dollars because of theft snf can possibly ruin the company’s reputation.