Employer's responsibility for employee's Illegal acts on network

摘要

When the employee of an organization commits an illegal act, not only the employee but also the employing organization is responsible for compensation under civil law. The organization's liability for the user's behavior is almost absolute. The same situation obtains in the case of illegal acts on computer networks and illegal acts of a staff of educational organizations like universities. In organizations such as educational institutions where many members are out employees. lack of oversight on the part of the organization becomes the key issue. If the tack of complete direction is admitted, the director must pay compensation for damage. Examples concerned with employer liability and lack of complete direct ion are mentioned and legal principles each of them is based on are discussed Applying the principle of the employer a absolute liability to illegal acts on networks Sets the organization's range of responsibility too widely, with many negative consequences. In this paper we try to establish a new and narrower range of employer's responsibility regarding tort on computer networks.