Electronic Surveillance of Employees Assignment #1 Natasha Wise LEG 500 Professor Diane V. Barrs Strayer University April 24, 2011 Abstract Do you think that no one would notice if you take a moment out of your workday to make personal calls, do some online shopping, or even check your personal e-mail? With the yearly increase in electronic surveillance of employees, employees should opt to conduct all of their personal activities such as shopping either at home or on their
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Electronic Surveillance of Employee Professor Cowan LEG 500 April 24 2011 Table of Content Page Where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace ……………….. 1 Explain whether it makes a difference if an employee is in an open area or in an enclosed office………………………………………………………………………………………..….. 2 Explain if Herman’s need to know whether his salespersons are honest is a sufficient ground for utilizing electronic surveillance…………………………………………………………....
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Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. Is there truly such a thing as privacy in the workplace? In today’s society it is possible for companies to monitor every aspect of what employees do in the office environment, from email, surfing the Internet to phone conversations. Federal and state laws specifically address an employer's right and ability to monitor, save, record, access, or otherwise conduct surveillance of employees' use of company electronic
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video that addressed the 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
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Assignment #1 – Electronic Surveillance of Employees Explain Where an Employee Can Reasonably Expect to Have Privacy in the Workplace When employees go to work, and clock in for all intensive purposes they are on company property and company time. Anything that occurs, or is said has to portray the company in the best way possible. When employees are on company property it is my opinion that the organization reserves the right to monitor their employees. The only place an employee should reasonably
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Electronic Surveillance of Employees By Rekiea Colbert Dr. Macbeth LEG 500 11/23/11 1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. Privacy in the workplace has been an ongoing and perhaps a continued effort for all companies in an effort to protect viable information. Employees as well are concerned if employers of having too much control or access to their privacy. The manner in which certain privacy can be reasonably expected lies
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Electronic Surveillance Of Employees Running Head: Electronic Surveillance Of Employees Electronic Surveillance of Employees Cathy D. Brown Professor:: Anne Dewey-Balzhiser LEG500- Law, Ethics and Corporate Governance Date: January 22, 2012 Introduction: Some would say that workplace privacy rights are non-existent in the private sector. Workplace surveillance is that employers have a legitimate right to conduct surveillance for the benefit of themelves, the community at large for
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Running Head: Electronic Surveillance of Employees Electronic Surveillance of Employees Tenika Farris Professor: Anne Dewey- Balzhiser LEG 500-Law, Ethics & Corp. Governance 10/22/2011 Introduction New technology allows employers to monitor the job performance of their 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
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1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. There are specific labor laws and regulations that protect employee’s privacy rights in the workplace. Employees can reasonably expect to have privacy protections against their personal data, social security number, medical and health records and financial information. Employers can reserve the right to observe the telephones, computers, and even the workspace of their employees. Although electronic surveillance
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Electronic Surveillance of Employees 1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace. Generally, the courts don’t “ally” the employee’s cause when it comes to privacy intrusion in the workplace unless it was unreasonable, “…only if he had an objectively reasonable expectation of seclusion or solitude in the place, conversation or data resources” Shulman 955 P.2d at 469. To be qualified as unreasonable, the intrusion should involve invading another person’s
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