This research examines the different avenues employers take to “spy” that employees may not even know about. This examination of employee rights will show how far an employer can go without violating any laws. The thought of knowing emails being sent out, phone conversations taking place, keystroke monitoring, or even social media tracking can all be done at a reasonable level without invading employee privacy. So it is reasonable to say an employee should expect privacy in the workplace- why or why not? Is Employee Privacy a Reasonable Right to Have?
Electronic Surveillance of Employees Law, Ethic, and Corporate Governance- LEG 500 November 1, 2011 Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. You may think your United States employee rights authorize you to have a privacy workplace. People are wrong because, according to workplace privacy studies, the odds were good that your employer was monitoring all your internet actions, including your web pages and chat rooms (Niznik, 2011). If your company policy does not state there is a workplace privacy policy, your employer may watch, listen, and read just about everything in workplace area. Employers have the right to protect their business, their finances, and all of their equipment.
Private security is primarily occupied in securing physical and electronic assets, criminal and other threats, while police address a wider range of assets in addition to property, such as public peace, the criminal law, and road safety. Private security guards are usually hired by security companies or specific place of businesses, while public police work for the government. While a security guard can get a job with only having a high school diploma, to become a police officer it
The problems caused by the Patriot Act are affecting ordinary civilian, especially legal immigrants. This law authorizes of indefinite detentions of immigrants; law enforcement officers search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge; allows the FBI to search telephone, e-mail, and financial records without a court order. Most of the Act only affects to the immigrants. Martin Luther King Jr. writes, “An unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself” (par. 15).
My study will help develop my managerial skills as well as offer alternative training ideas for newly developing managers within my organization. Supervisor-subordinate communication is an important predictor in employee work performance. It is imperative for a supervisor to communicate when attempting to improve employee work performance, trust and morale. Without a solid communication strategy, the supervisor-subordinate relationship will disintegrate and employee performance and productivity will be compromised. According to Miles “Positive relationship communication focuses on supervisors seeking suggestions from subordinates, being interested in them as people, relating with them in a casual manner, and allowing them to contribute input on important decisions.” (Miles, Patrick & King, 1996, p. ) In order to apply this philosophy in real life, I determined how employees in my organization perceive supervisor communication.
Any other area where the employees do business can be subject to surveillance especially where the employees interact with internal/external customers. In the video, the sales representative was giving the customer wrong information. The employer was monitoring the sales person to ensure integrity in the sale force. He wanted to be known as best in business by being a customer’s advocate. He wanted the sales person to give the customer a full disclosure and specs for the car the customer were buying.
Go into your local coffee shop or convenience store and you are sure to run into an employee who has at least one tattoo showing. Tattoos, the ever growing form of body art, are constantly up for debate in the business world. Not all companies see them in the same light. Even though tattoos are gaining in acceptance and are a great way for a people to express themselves, tattoos should not be derogatory or they should be covered in a business environment. To begin with, many people think discrimination has been long gone.
Expectance of privacy in the workplace is determined by the levels of responsibilities and mission that the employee is set to fulfill by their respective employers. Office spaces allow for different levels of privacy but in the end require the same commitment and protection of employees to safeguard information that they do not want to have intercepted by any means. Mr. Herman learns throughout interactions with his sales personnel that although his intentions
The Use of Background Checks in the Employment Process James A. Butler University of Maryland University College The Use of Background Checks in the Employment Process When hiring for open positions within a company, an employer may want to investigate an applicant’s past history through a process known as a pre-employment background check. This check or process is used to screen applicants to find quality employees. Employers want to know who they are working with before hiring a potential applicant. The background check will verify the credibility of the applicants resume’ and to evaluate if the applicant will be a potential threat to the company. Employers are able to log onto public records and commercial databases directly via the internet to search an applicant’s records.
Such monitoring is virtually unregulated. Therefore, unless company policy specifically states otherwise your employer may listen, watch and read most of your workplace communications. An employee can reasonably expect to have limited privacy in the workplace. This privacy would be limited to personal property and disclosing any personal information. An example of this is an employer may have the right to listen to telephone calls however they do not have the right to listen to telephone calls on your personal cell phone.