As reported by the Barbados Nation Newspaper, the Minister of Education and Human Resources Ronald Jones announced that he would be moving towards banning the use of cell phones by students at all schools in the island at the start of the new academic year. Though perhaps a good move to stop the use of mobiles within schools along with all ‘wrong doing’ that was made possible with this privilege, what about when these young citizens and prospective employees are outside of school and equipped with such ‘evil’ technology? Is this ban really adequate?

As Internet technology continues to advance at an amazing rate, each wave of change it brings has an impact on how we both live and work in many ways, some are very much welcomed and of course some we rather do without. In most workplaces today the Internet has become somewhat indispensable. It can be considered as a focal point for communication where for example it aids collaboration among employees and also as a productivity booster where it reduces the time we take to perform many tasks. However, on the flip side there is also the growing concern that some employees abuse and misuse this resource.