Time to Rewrite the "Appropriate Material in the Workplace" Policy [NSFW?]

["Les Bell" <lesbell () lesbell com au>]

> From a legal perspective, it's clear that not all pornography is illegal;
only some types of content are proscribed, and most of us, fortunately,
don't have to make the call about borderline cases. For the workplace, we
can generally draw the line in a more conservative place, and rely on the
boss's decision as being final.

But what do you do if you're CISO in a company where an employee has
successfully sued for the right to view pornography (or, at the least,
erotica) in the workplace?

Enter the unique (so far!) case of Ana Catarina Bezarra, a Brazilian woman
who suffers from hypersexuality triggered by a chemical imbalance. In order
to reduce her anxiety, she needs to  . . . ahem . . . how can I put this?
. . . . let's say, bring herself to the boil . . . 18 (yes, eighteen) times
a day. And to assist in this process, she is permitted a 15-minute break
from work every 2 hours, during which she can view images on her work
computer.

See
http://100gf.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/ana-catarina-bezerra-silvares-wins-court-ruling-to-allow-her-to-masturbate-at-work/
 and a longer description at
http://barbara.guanabee.com/2011/05/brazilian-woman-wins-right-masturbate-work/
 Also http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=31702280 . If this is a
spoof, it's being picked up by a lot of sites.

So, does anyone have some boilerplate verbiage for a policy which will
accommodate this? Suggested firewall configuration?

(And no laughing in the cheap seats, back there! This is a serious
problem.)

Best,

--- Les Bell
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]
Tel: +61 2 9451 1144


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