Being sure the government is running properly, is an important right in a free society. People do not have the time or ability to watch everything the government does. The press serves this function by investigating and reporting on the government 's activity.
Branzburg v. Hayes (1972) concerned some news reporters, called journalists, who interviewed drug users and gang members to write stories for …show more content…
Please put “Peer Review” at the top of your posting so I will see it and give you credit for it when I am grading. List your peer’s name. Answer: What was your favorite part of her/his comments? Did he/she cite the textbook if appropriate? Evaluate his/her use of online resources. (Check the website links to see if the links work and are on topic. Did your peer explain how the website was relevant to the discussion topic?) Evaluate the web site: What was your favorite component of the website? Will it be useful in your study of business law? Try to pick someone to review who hasn’t been reviewed …show more content…
Those concepts being the Right to Privacy, Commercial Speech and Religious Discrimination.Lack of right to privacy in the workplace is a common complaint among American workers. Companies surveil their employee’s phone calls (via phones or headsets), emails, through the use of visual monitoring equipment, etc. with the intent of ensuring company property is being used solely for business purposes and to detour theft. Drug testing may also be viewed as a violation of privacy. This monitoring and probing may or may not be made known to the employee. Perhaps what I found most interesting was the amount of statutes that are put in place to protect employees against the violation of their privacy in the workplace. Some may not be known to the employee and others may not be enforced by legislators. I believe it’s important that employees empower themselves with the knowledge of their rights. Knowledge is now only power, but a sure way to know when your rights are being violated. To list a few statutes that protect employees, on drug testing “Employers may only conduct drug tests when there is "reasonable suspicion" of alcohol/drug abuse; no universal or random testing is permitted”; on monitoring “Prior to monitoring, employers must provide a visual or aural signal to employees and any customers”; on lifestyle