An employer believes that an employee is engaged in misuse of the company computer. Another employer in the same building believes that a well respected employee is secretly sharing comments regarding the company to another rival company. An office two blocks down is having trouble keeping their business staffed because the employees feel their privacy rights are not protected while on the job. Many employers feel that what their employees do while at work is their business because it is their job to protect their assets.
The word privacy is a very simple word. Privacy is defined as being personal or confidential. Most all employers value their employees and only watch them when they become suspicious. A well written and communicated company policy is the first step to ensure your company has not created an expectation of privacy among employees. (Lenckus, 2000) Most company handbooks won't say if the employees will be watched to protect the assets of the company.......
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