Acceptable Use Policy
AUP Policy Review: Los Angeles Unified School District
With continuously evolving technologies, it is important for organizations to set up standards that helps mitigate potential liability in regards to staff potentially of using or misusing such technologies. It is obvious that an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a very important policy within modern organizations in order to define what acceptable employee behavior when accessing company resources is. AUP's help provide staff the technological resources that they need, while setting clear limits as to what is off-limits. For the purpose of this evaluation, the Los Angeles Unified School District's AUP in regards to its school computers and networking systems will be analyzed and critiqued in order to provide recommendations for future changes.
Organizations that include technology devices within their operations need to have AUP's second-place to make sure that such devices are not abused or misused in a way that would make the organization liable for misconduct. There is no other environment where this becomes more important than the context of our nation's schools. There is a huge drive to improve the technology used within classrooms and school facilities; yet, at the same time there are issues with how such technologies might be a liability for school districts if misused by either staff or students. For the purpose of this analysis, the AUP policy in regards to computer and network facilities will be examined within the Los Angeles Unified School District, which is one of the largest districts in the country. Essentially, the policy states that "teachers, administrators, and other school personnel should ensure district data systems are used in a responsible, efficient, ethical, and legal manner, and that such use be in support of the districts business and education objectives" (Los Angeles Unified School District, 2012, p 1). The AUP helps provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability within...
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