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The email looks like a simple enough letter from Human Resources (HR) outlining the company’s new Rules of Conduct. With increasing global diversity at workplaces, concerns over harassment are taken more seriously. And with remote work becoming the new normal, companies are revising their employment and workplace guidelines.
The HR department is mandated to follow up. And because of that, while one must read through the entire guidelines - for many employees - clicking through and approving it feels an easier task. Something that they can get out of the way without having to look into too deeply.
According to Duklin, even if a message looks innocent at first sight, it’s worth a second to look to check for suspicious-looking email addresses, spelling mistakes, or inconsistencies in the terminology.