LI specials are a Joke! Email tells the story

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LI specials are a Joke! Email tells the story; Reality check
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anothermom	Mar 22 2006, 11:20 PM Post #16
Principal Posts: 108 Group: Members Member #250 Joined: December 29, 2005	professionalmom Mar 22 2006, 11:12 PM I also believe that if someone wants their email kept personal/private/confidential they usually place a disclaimer at the bottom of the email. Professionals use them all the time when emailing confidential/propriety information. [/QUOTE] Ok- I went back and read the e-mail. I don't think there is any controversy in her statements. I still maintain that sharing someone's e-mail without their permission is unethical, no matter what the nature of the e-mail is. By the way- to the original poster (4kids?) - I noticed you removed the name of the party Ms. Alles was communicating with. This is interesting to me. You must have asked your friend about posting the e-mail and he/she asked not to have thier name used, so you obviously extend that sort of consideration to some people?



anothermom	Mar 22 2006, 11:29 PM Post #17
Principal Posts: 108 Group: Members Member #250 Joined: December 29, 2005	NFarquharson Mar 22 2006, 11:17 PM [ That is true. I forward emails or answer and copy someone else who can then read the original message ALL THE TIME. It is a normal part of doing business. Surely that was not a personal or private conversation. I think that most reasonable people would know that what they write in an email might be shared with others. If Ms. Alles doen't know that, she really ought to move into this century. [/QUOTE] I am confident that Ms. Alles knows that anything she writes will be used one way or the other (heck, even things she doesn't say are spread around!). Therefore, she obviously has nothing to hide or she wouldn't be responding to e-mails. N- I think I remember you saying that you were an HR professional so I am a little surprised by your response. Replying to someone's e-mail is not the issue. Most organizations have IT policies which include appropriate use of e-mail. Fowarding without permission of the author is often a part of those policies. That said, even I will agree that this e-mail dead horse has been beaten enough. Good night!



NFarquharson	Mar 22 2006, 11:44 PM Post #18
Principal Posts: 4,311 Group: Members Member #103 Joined: November 9, 2005	Not where I work unless it contains proprietory or confidential information, such as private health information. People forward e-mails or copy other people all the time. I cannot imagine doing business without it. I have never heard of a company that has a policy that you can't forward emails without permission. I get emails from people asking questions that perhaps are not within my area of expertise. I might answer with a short note saying that I am not sure about this issue, but am copying Suzie, who I am certain will be able to answer their question. I forward emails to collegues as just an FYI. I don't know where you got the idea that email is somehow private, but I am not aware of any law that would support that concept.



f11	Mar 22 2006, 11:47 PM Post #19
LPS, transportation for all Posts: 948 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: October 20, 2005	it would sure slow things down around our office if we had to get "permission" every time an email was forwarded.



professionalmom	Mar 23 2006, 12:22 AM Post #20
Principal Posts: 244 Group: Members Member #293 Joined: January 26, 2006	anothermom Mar 22 2006, 11:29 PM Most organizations have IT policies which include appropriate use of e-mail. Fowarding without permission of the author is often a part of those policies. I'm sorry but I guess not everyone in the LPS district received the IT policies we should be following when communicating with LPS. I believe if a private citizen emails anyone at the central office they should EXPECT that their responses are public domain with regards to a school policy. I'm getting really tired of hearing about how someone in the public stepped on the toes of a central office worker. Tell the mother who has five children and has to drive to four separate schools under LI, that she needs to send her own "private" message to get any information out of the central office! Passing on limited information to other parents is not unethical behavior. It's called COMMUNICATION.



fyi	Mar 23 2006, 10:41 AM Post #21
Principal Posts: 2,738 Group: Members Member #206 Joined: December 9, 2005	anothermom Mar 22 2006, 10:31 PM 4kids Mar 22 2006, 06:32 PM Anothermom, that email became public as soon as Ms. Alles clicked SEND. Unfortunately, because unethical people will forward a personal e-mail without the permission of the sender, anything we transfer electronically can be accessed. Does that make it right to forward personal e-mail without the permission of the author? Are you assuming that permission was not obtained? How do you know it wasn't?


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