Dating in The Workplace

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The paper explores the topic of interpersonal relationships in the workplace. The writer explains that the fundamental complication that arises from the issue of workplace relationships is a general conflict of interest between the demands of the employer and the personal demands of the employee. The paper examines how the overall effectiveness of the workplace is not as significant a concern for the employees as their own well-being. The paper discusses how employers have a vested interest in bringing together workable regulations for dealing with workplace relationships. The writer concludes that if society is at all a reflection of moral principles, then the principle that productivity comes before privacy is a difficult philosophical proposition.

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"The deontological perspective, on the other hand, is slightly more straightforward. A deontologist usually measures right and wrong actions along similar lines as utilitarians, but with one major exception: deontologists believe that there are some actions that are intrinsically good and some that are intrinsically evil. So, a deontologist believes that certain actions simply cannot be done--like murder--completely irrespective of the possible increase in utility."

Sample of Sources Used:

• McArthur, Robert L. "Reasonable Expectations of Privacy." Ethics and Information Technology, 3: 123-128, 2000.
• Porter, William G. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea." Defense Council Journal, 70, 1, Jan. 2003.
• Sarathy, Ravi and Christopher J. Robertson. "Strategic and Ethical Considerations in Managing Digital Privacy." Journal of Business Ethics, 40, 2, Aug. 2003.
• Wilson, Rebecca J. et al. "Romantic Relationships at Work." Defense Council Journal, 70, 1, Jan. 2003.

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