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Ethics Of Surveillance
ETHICS OF SURVEILLANCE AND COMPUTER MONITORING

INDEX 1. Index 3
2. Introduction 4
3. Ethical analysis of surveillance and computer monitoring 5 * Utilitiarniasm * Deontology * Social contract * Character based * ACS code of ethics
4. Conclusion 7
5. Recommendations 7
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HR at the university level, has been observed that realism is essential for being prepared to be a competent practitioner (DeGroot, Stambaugh, & Owen, 2009; Rudin, Byrd, & Fleming, 2009). Employee surveillance and email monitoring at the workplace present a number of conflicting issues regarding an employer’s need to protect its property and itself against liability and an employee’s right to privacy (Adams, Scheuing & Feely, 2000). Does private organizations have the right to monitor employee communications? The courts answer is yes, and with good reason.For example in the year 1996 an analysis by the nelson media Research Inc. of employees at IBM Corporation and Apple Computer Inc. found that employees of both the companies have visited Penthouse Magazines’ Website almost 13,000 times in just a single

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