UNIVERSITY OF CAPECOAST
COLLEGE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (CoDE)
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
GROUP ASSIGNMENT

GROUP MEMBERS:

1. CLEMENT NGISSAH SB/DMK/14/0008 2. JOSHUA ACKAH SB/DMK/14/0007 3. ELIZABETH BAAPA BUAH SB/DMK/14/0012 4. EZEKIEL ARTHUR MENDS SB/DMK/14/0002 5. NATHANIEL DUAH ADJEI SB/DMK/14/0003 6. FREDRICK A. ASIEDU SB/DMK/14/0010

CASE STUDY MONITORING EMPLOYEES ON NETWORKS: UNETHICAL OR GOOD BUSINESS?. LAUDEN & LAUDEN (2014), PAGE 296-7

Question 1.
Should managers monitor employee e-mail and internet usage? Why or Why not?
Employee email and Internet usage monitoring in the workplace may put employers and employees in conflict because both sides are trying to protect personal interests. Employees want to maintain their personal privacy while employers want to ensure company resources are not misused.
Employers monitor Internet use in the workplace to protect their companies from legal problems that could arise if employees use company computers for inappropriate or illegal online activities, such as racist, sexually explicit or other potentially offensive materials accessed or traded by their employees which could result in adverse publicity. They are also concerned about a decline in productivity as some workers use the Internet to handle personal activities such as checking personal email, responding to instant messages or sneaking in a brief YouTube video which creates series of non-stop interruptions that divert employees’ attention from the job tasks they are supposed to be performing.
More over Strict monitoring allows employers to spot potential problems early, get the information offline as quickly as possible and discipline the employees involved. Along with keeping an eye on what happens on internal computer