Survellance

Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace.

Employers want to make sure that their companies assets are not being violated at any given time by anyone. Employers have the right to protect their finances, their buildings, and all of their equipment. There should be no expectations of privacy at any workplace by an employee. New technology has made it possible for employers to monitor phone calls, emails, and any other information that is being used for the particular company to conduct business. Many companies make all employees sign acknowledgement stating the privacy policy of the company.

Not only a company has to protect their assets but they need to make sure that the employees are doing their jobs and not playing around on company time. A lot of companies block certain website for this reason.

In the office workplace there are typically two types of workspaces, on open area in which there are several desks and where conversations can be overhead, or a enclosed office in which when the door is locked conversations cannot be heard and where one would expect virtually total privacy. Explain whether if it makes a difference if an employee is in an open area or in an enclosed office.

It defiantly makes a difference if employees are in an open area or in a close area. In an open area anyone can walk by and listen to a conversation. There is no privacy if the area is open. However, on the other hand when the door is closed only the people that are in the office will be able to hear the conversation this will have better privacy. You can talk freely in a open area if you want to remain private to many people are around and that’s how people’s ethics come in to play by listening to other peoples conversations.

Explain if Herman’s need to know whether his salespersons are honest is a sufficient ground for utilizing electronic surveillance.

Herman’s need to know if his salespersons are honest is I...