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This 8-page paper discusses privacy issues in terms of employee monitoring in the workplace. Topics considered include if such monitoring is morally and ethically wrong, and why employers justify it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_MTprivac.rtf
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viewed life, it changed the way we conducted our work in the office. These days, if we require information, we click our way through the World Wide Web and "google"
our request. If we want to reach someone to talk with -- whether that "someone" is on the other side of the globe or even the office next door, we
use e-mail. Faxes can also be sent on-line, eliminating the need for bulky extra pieces of equipment. From its early role as a link between military and scientific installations during
potential nuclear strikes in the late 1960s, the then-named ARPANET has become the Internet; a vast tool that almost all businesses and employees have access to.
However, access to this information and convenience seems to be coming with a price. On the one hand, office workers may be using the Internet and
e-mail for more than strictly conducting business. And employers, in turn, may be monitoring their employees to determine what types of "business" the electronic services might be used for.
On the surface, there are two arguments here. On the one hand, employees being paid by employers should have the right to be
monitored if they arent doing their jobs properly, or are using Internet resources for things other than work-related tasks. Downloading porn from the Internet during working hours, for example, isnt
just a waste of time for the employee and an unacceptable use of an employers equipment -- it could create a "hostile atmosphere" for those offended by such things, resulting
in a potential harassment suit. The problem, however, is that the monitoring, at times, goes somewhat deeper, and more personal into an
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