As Parish found, using porn at work can be career-ending.
It is almost universally deemed unacceptable and is typically viewed as gross misconduct.
Psychologists often see pornography along aspectrum, with some viewing it as being relatively harmless or even helpful.
This is considered problematic pornography use.
Accessing adult content at work falls into the latter category.
And yet thousands of people do it.
Who does it?
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The US National Science Foundation uncovered an epidemic of rampant repeated pornographic useamong its own staff in 2009.
Why risk it?
A three-part study of2,500 men and women in Hungaryfound eight different motivations behind internet pornography use.
The most common reason given was simply pleasure a motivation for 45% of respondents.
Another 12% cited curiosity and 10% said they were indulging fantasies about unobtainable sexual experiences.
Having a secret that nobody knows could be a driver.
In many cases such images are weaponised for harassment, making womenfearful of reporting it.
Some workers may have sinister motivations for viewing pornography so openly.
But access logs often reveal a much larger history of viewing than they initially admit to.
This was explained by increased moral disengagement aided by dehumanisation of other people due to PPU.
