Re: Cyber-Bullying

[Mike Porter <mike () UDEL EDU>]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Daniel Bennett wrote:

> Harassment (both sexual and non-sexual), Bullying, and Discrimination are all different.  Bullying is often thought of 
> as a k-12 issue with children.
>
> I am thinking that the "cyber" part should be mentioned within an IT policy (AUP maybe).

What's the difference between an abusive email and an abusive letter
taped to a dorm door?  I think the more we try to write specfic
policies targetted at computing, we in fact open the door for more
abuse because we implicity accept that certain modes of online
behavior can be acceptable where a similar action would not be
acceptabe in real-life.

Mike

Mike Porter
Systems Programmer V
IT/NSS
University of Delaware

> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Roger A 
> Safian
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:28 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Cyber-Bullying
>
> Can't you use your non cyber policies?  Harassment is harassment...why would the method be a distinguishable factor 
> that would make it allowable in one format when it would not be allowed in another?
>
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU]<mailto:[mailto:SECURITY 
> () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU]> On Behalf Of Daniel Bennett
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:23 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
> Subject: [SECURITY] Cyber-Bullying
>
> Hello All,
>
> Does anyone have a specific policy or specifically mention Cyber-Bullying in their policies?  IT Policies or otherwise?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel Bennett
> IT Security Analyst
> Adjunct Faculty
> Vice-Chair North Central PA Members Alliance
>
> Pennsylvania College of Technology
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> E:dbennett () pct edu
>
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