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Judge Busted For Porn On The Job
Manhattan Judge Is Latest Government Employee Busted for Porn on the Job
Updated: 7 hours 44 minutes ago
Paul Wachter Contributor
AOL News Surge Desk
(Aug. 27) -- Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James D. Gibbons resigned last week after porn was discovered on his work computer. The evidence was turned over to the Manhattan district attorney's office, and presumably if Gibbons had not resigned, he could have been fired.
The discovery "came as part of routine monitoring of courthouse personnel, said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing," The New York Times reports.
Obviously, he should have known better, but incidents of getting caught with digital pornography on the job seem to be especially common among government employees, who are under more scrutiny as a result of their taxpayer-paid salaries. (Among all American workers with Internet access at work, about 30 percent visit "adult" sites, reports the Nielsen Co.)
A company or government office can't tolerate porn viewing because it creates a "hostile environment," particularly for female workers, and can lead to potential sexual-harassment lawsuits, an attorney specializing in labor issues told Bloomberg Businessweek. Still, it's important to remember that viewing porn, so long as it does not contain any underage actors, is not in and of itself a crime.
Updated: 7 hours 44 minutes ago
Paul Wachter Contributor
AOL News Surge Desk
(Aug. 27) -- Manhattan Criminal Court Judge James D. Gibbons resigned last week after porn was discovered on his work computer. The evidence was turned over to the Manhattan district attorney's office, and presumably if Gibbons had not resigned, he could have been fired.
The discovery "came as part of routine monitoring of courthouse personnel, said one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing," The New York Times reports.
Obviously, he should have known better, but incidents of getting caught with digital pornography on the job seem to be especially common among government employees, who are under more scrutiny as a result of their taxpayer-paid salaries. (Among all American workers with Internet access at work, about 30 percent visit "adult" sites, reports the Nielsen Co.)
A company or government office can't tolerate porn viewing because it creates a "hostile environment," particularly for female workers, and can lead to potential sexual-harassment lawsuits, an attorney specializing in labor issues told Bloomberg Businessweek. Still, it's important to remember that viewing porn, so long as it does not contain any underage actors, is not in and of itself a crime.
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