Employee monitoring and computer technology: evaluative surveillance v. privacy.

In this article I address the tension between evaluative surveillance and privacy against the backdrop of the current explosion of information technology. More specifically, and after a brief analysis of privacy rights, I argue that knowledge of the different kinds of surveillance used at any given...

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Publicado en:Business Ethics Quarterly Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 697 - 710
Autor principal: Moore, Adam D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Philosophy Documentation Center July 2000
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Sumario:In this article I address the tension between evaluative surveillance and privacy against the backdrop of the current explosion of information technology. More specifically, and after a brief analysis of privacy rights, I argue that knowledge of the different kinds of surveillance used at any given company should be made explicit to the employees. Moreover, there will be certain kinds of evaluative monitoring that violate privacy rights and should not be used in most cases. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.