1. Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace
... 27% since 2001. Unlike other company rules, however, Internet usage policies often include language authorizing companies to secretly monitor their employees, a practice that raises questions about rights in the workplace. Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor employees' Internet usage "from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity" the benefits of electronic surveillance ... such as violations of copyright laws, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure of confidential information (312). These kinds ...
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