Whenever employers hire someone they put themselves at risk. They depend
on employees to act in ways that help rather than hinder the organization
and to refrain from using the information they gain to harm their
employers. This is because employees are hired to act for their employers,
making decisions and carrying out responsibilities on their behalf. Although
all employers have ways to monitor their employees, such monitoring is
expensive and narrow in scope except in the simplest and most physical of
jobs. In addition, as the number of employees grows, employers must trust
some employees to monitor the actions of others, which leads to the question
of who watches the watchers. In other words, every employee makes
an employer vulnerable.