Abstract
Employers have always monitored their employees to ensure that they do the job that the employer has paid them to do, and to control theft of company property from employees and customers. Ethical questions have been raised that concern the privacy of employees. Electronic Monitoring has come into question because of its invasive nature. Over 75% of employers have reported that they monitor employee’s phone calls, website visits, emails, network traffic and other electronic communications controlled by the company. Employers take these measures in an effort to safeguard company property, quality assurance, and company recourses that could be abused by employees. I will discuss some measures that employers take to electronically monitor employees and weather or not they are ethical or if they violate personal rights to privacy.
Monitoring Phone Calls, Emails and Internet Traffic
There is nothing wrong with monitoring voice and data communications at the work place by employers. The company should make communication polices clear to all employees, regarding abuse of computers, phones and other forms of communication in the work place, either in a policy handbook or during training. Employees should be made aware of any monitoring that is practiced by the company, and sign a document that states that they are aware that they maybe monitored and what punishments they may receive if they are found abusing company polices.
Monitoring phone conversations have several different purposes. Companies monitor phone conversations in order to safeguard information that is given over the phone, quality assurance to their customers, and to prevent abuse from employees. If an employee is concerned ...