Employee Privacy Rights: Is there Privacy in the Workplace?
"Big Brother is Watching You," is a phrase taken from the 1984 written novel by George Orwell in 1949. This concept, once believed to be farfetched, may be even truer today then Orwell could have imagined. Given the rate at which technology is improving, the privacy of employees may soon become wishful thinking. Employee privacy rights are being compromised by the advanced technology involving computers, telephones, and video surveillance that is being used in the workplace today.
Employers have the ability to monitor everything done on their computers from personal emails to work related tasks. Employers can use computer software that enable them to see what is on the screen or what is stored in the employee's terminals and hard disks. Some of the software that companies use to monitor their employees are Surf Control and Xora.
A manager wondered about a workers drop-off in productivity, using Surf Control the......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1472
Approximate Pages: 6 (260 words per double-spaced page) |