Internet Monitoring in the Workplace

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This paper argues that to ensure that the interests of their companies are protected, employers should give the employee no expectation of privacy. In order to do this, employers should have detailed policies and guidelines governing the use of the Internet and e-mail. The paper shows that the employer should also have a software monitoring system installed to track inappropriate activity by employees to protect themselves and their employees.

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"The technological age has brought about many changes and various enhancements in the way communication is done. With these advancements in communication especially as it relates to the Internet and e-mail, there have been a number of problems that have been presented in the workplace. One of the many concerns that have come up is the monitoring of the Internet and e-mail by employers and its relationship to the privacy rights of employees. Several types of Internet abuse in the workplace are cyber sexual, online friendship/relationship, Internet activity, online information searches, criminal and miscellaneous abuse (Griffiths, 2003)."

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