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One in Four UK Workers Maliciously Leaks Business Data Via Email, Study Says (betanews.com)
From a report: New research into insider threats reveals that 24 percent of UK employees have deliberately shared confidential business information outside their company. The study from privacy and risk management specialist Egress Software Technologies also shows that almost half (46 percent) of respondents say they have received a panicked email recall request, which is not surprising given more than a third (37 percent) say they don't always check emails before sending them. The survey of 2,000 UK workers who regularly use email as part of their jobs shows the biggest human factor in sending emails in error is listed as 'rushing' (68 percent). However alcohol also plays a part in eight percent of all wrongly sent emails -- where are these people working!? Autofill technology, meanwhile, caused almost half (42 percent) to select the wrong recipient in the list.
I'll tell you why.
1) Employers in the UK and derivative countries treat their employees like shit.
2) Employees in the UK and derivative countries have far greater protection against being terminated (compared to the US), this leads people to not give a shit either, because their boss is a jerk.
3) My experience of employers in the US is they tend to look after and reward people who do well, bosses are not self appointed asshats, and as an employee its in your best interests to not f**kup, because you can be terminated on the spot in most states. Sounds bad right, wrong, it weeds out the bad employees pretty quickly.