Big Brother In The Workplace
Big Brother in the Workplace
Introduction
In today's society there are many reasons for surveillance, one of which is to monitor the workplace. Companies can monitor employees' phone calls, monitor emails, and check their behaviors. According to the American Management Association more than 75% of big corporations do some kind of electronic surveillance on the people who work for them. 63 percent of them monitor Internet connections. 43 percent track telephone use. And just about 20% check on computer use, such as who is logged on or keystroke counts (Bock, 1). Surveillance of the workplace has shined some light on the reality of employees' behaviors and actions during business hours. Whether these actions and behaviors are positive or negative, surveillance of employees allows for management to view work ethics and habits of employees throughout the day. Use of surveillance in today's society is a "must," considering the vicious crimes and conspiracies as well as wasting time and money by employees on the job.
Background
Surveillance has come a long way in the workplace. Employee's every moves are monitored, their emails are monitored, and even their phone calls are sometimes monitored. For some employees they feel as if they have no room or freedom from their employers because of the restrictions that surveillance in the workplace puts on them. Some argue that this hinders an employees' work ethics and attitude toward their job because they feel they constantly have someone looking over their shoulder.
On the other side, people feel as if surveillance is a great innovation that has helped employers cut down on theft, wasting of time, property protection, productivity, liability issues, and most important of all the safety of employees. These problems have grown immensely in the past few years, and surveillance is the only solution that has opened employees' eyes to the problems they face. Surveillance has...
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