Assignment # 1 LEG 500 Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance By Anthony McKenzie Presented to Prof. Moses Cowan February, 16, 2012 1) Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. The privacy rights of employees
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October 23, 2011 1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" (U.S. Const., amend. IV.1), however, the Fourth Amendment applies only to government actions, not to actions of private employers. As a result government employees may appear to have a fairly stronger claim
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Professor Whitney Davis, Esq. LEG 500 22 January 2012 Franchrista M. Rollie Explain Where an Employee Can Reasonably Expect to Have Privacy in the Workplace Employee privacy rights are automatically granted and protected by specific labor laws, regulations and certain rules to follow, especially when it comes to employment. There are laws already in existence in our society to protect that one employee privacy regarding personnel records, medical information, health status, social security
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issues of electronic surveillance of employees. I will explain if workers can reasonably get privacy in the workplace, the difference between an open and enclosed office area, if Herman’s need for electronic surveillance is a sufficient reason, how an employee can engage in electronic surveillance, and finally explain to what extent the inclusion of innocent, unaware third parties in such surveillance is legal. In the conclusion I will explain how important these five questions are, why it is important
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Wilson January 25, 2011 1. - Explain Where an Employee Can Reasonably Expect to have Privacy in the Workplace. In this modern world is difficult to determine where our private life begins and ends and where our work life start, through the years we have seen how employees sometimes take advantage of the resources available to them in their workplace and use them for personal gain, this has led the company to have better control of the activities performed during employee work hours, such as phone
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Assignment #1 – Electronic Surveillance of Employees DJhonna M. Jones Legal 500 January 28, 2012 Professor Lisa Armonda, J.D. Abstract: This paper is a look at the Video “Electronic Surveillance of Employees”. It will cover where employees can reasonable expect to have privacy, open and enclosed area effects on employees. It will also cover Mr. Herman’s information needs, employer electronic surveillance of employee’s extent, and unaware third party usage in surveillance.
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Assignment One 1 Abstract Many employers recognize that need for a specific policies regarding surveillance or monitoring in the workplace. The primary purpose of such policies is to eliminate any expectation of privacy on the part of an employee utilizing company technologies or property for personal use. However, even when an employer has a policy, it is nonetheless common for employers to tolerate some degree of private usage by employees. This is one dilemma for employers and the main
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ASSIGNMENT 1: ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE OF EMPLOYEES DATE: APRIL 18, 2011 Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. In accordance with the U.S. Constitution, the right to privacy for employees was granted under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the Fourth Amendment guarantees the right of the people to be secure in their persons, hours, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures of a person
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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
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employees which has become a common practice in some workplaces. This procedure can be accomplished through e-mail, telephone, camera, internet and other electronic surveillance monitoring systems. This procedure was designed to be used solely for business purposes. In many instances employees have been made to feel as if their privacy has been invaded. Upon implementing such practices employers and employees both have a need to be knowledgable of any policies permitting the use of monitoring devices
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