COM 285 Week 5

Individual Assignment: Employee Privacy Report

Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word report addressing e-mail, Internet use, and privacy policies. Answer the following questions in your report:

What are the e-mail, Internet, and privacy policies at your job?

What are the current laws regulating employee e-mail and Internet privacy?

Why do companies implement e-mail and Internet use policies?

What assumptions might employees make about their privacy at work?

How do these policies affect employee privacy at work?

Format your paper according to APA standards. (For information on formatting, writing, and APA, please see:

All papers must include an APA formatted cover page and APA formatted reference page. Your submission must contain at least two sources that are properly cited, and must be in a Microsoft Power Point Document.

Learning Team Assignment: PowerPoint Presentation

Create a 10-to-15-slide PowerPoint presentation on the subject of oral presentation best practices.

Use information gathered from your text and online resources.

Include, but do not limit, content to slide-formatting, organization, and presentation skills. Include APA-formatted citations on a slide titled References.

Discussion Questions

Web sites are often used as research resources, both in academic and business-related work. What are some important criteria that one must use in determining the validity, accuracy, and appropriateness of information presented on a Web site? Please discuss.

Clipart, charts, graphs, and other graphics and animation are often used in Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. How have you incorporated these into your presentations? What purposes do they serve? How can you decide what graphics or other visuals might be appropriate for use in a particular presentation? Can you have too many graphics in a presentation? Please discuss.