Newsradio 1020 KDKA Editorial: Inappropriate Emails
Most working adults know this –
Your work email is NOT for personal use.
And you should never – ever – use it to send inappropriate or sexually explicit jokes –
Pictures –
Or videos.
Companies – and government agencies – have pretty strict policies about this.
So it was a shock to learn that such emails were making the rounds in Harrisburg.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office found them by accident –
While investigating how the office handled the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
The emails date from 2008 to 2012 –
And were sent to – and forwarded by – employees in the A-G's office.
Other state officials – including the DEP Secretary –
And a state Supreme Court Justice –
Were also involved.
Governor Tom Corbett – who was Attorney General when this started –
Says he would have stopped the emails immediately –
But he didn't know about them.
That's the problem.
When the first inappropriate email popped up in someone's "in-box" –
It should have been reported –
Not just deleted –
Or ignored –
And it definitely shouldn't have been shared with other people.
It shows a stunning lack of judgment and common sense.
And begs the question –
How can these state employees and officials possibly make good decisions for Pennsylvania –
If they can't figure out what to do with something as stupid as an inappropriate email?