Gross misconduct

jobbingmusician

To me, it depends why you downloaded the material, especially as the only recipient was you. You could have been writing an academic treatise on racism and sexism, or collecting examples of unacceptable websites, for all your employers know. Of COURSE it was stupid to do it at work.....

TELLIT01

RuthnJasper wrote: »

Quite apart from the foul nature of what you downloaded, don't you think your managers will want to know why you were looking at and downloading filth instead of getting on with your work?

When I worked for the Civil Service it was acceptable for staff to use the internet for non work related purposes in their own time i.e. during lunch breaks and before/after working hours. Rules around content still applied.

Wayne_O_Mac

daytona0 wrote: »

Have to be careful of possible positive discrimination here too...

Explain please.

daytona0

Wayne_O_Mac wrote: »

Explain please.

I know you are baiting me!

But OP stated that they are black. I'm not sure why this was relevant, as it does not matter what the colour of your skin is; using the N word is racist whether you are black or "white".

Would be unfair if a black person was given a more lenient punishment than a "white" person in this scenario.

Hence having to be careful about positive discrimination. But maybe that would actually apply to a "white" person in an identical situation and not OP's?