How and why do employers monitor the homes of the employees using electronic surveillance?
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it's illegal, who does it?!?
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Most company emails and IM traffic is monitored.\n\nI always tell employee that "Before writing an email (or an IM) think about how it will look in front of a Judge one day".\n\nIf you would have trouble explaining it in a courtroom - dont do it.
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It helps to spy on the neighbours when they have their windows closed
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No, it's not right.  He is invading your privacy even the police needs a warrant to snoop in your home. I just heard of a case of a apartment manager going into the  buildings and placing cameras in women's bathrooms to view them. Definately against the law!
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i actually think that your boss' idea is good\nat least it's good for him\ni know it annoys you and your colleagues, as your privacy is limited now\nbut by having those cameras, he would be able to monitor the staff efficiency\nprobably he heard that someone in his office spends lots of time in Y!A =) j//k
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You probably can't.  My boyfriend is the director of technology for the company he works for, and all of their employees have software installed on their computers that enables him to see exactly what they are doing on their computers.  On his computer he can pull up the screen of any employee at any time and see exactly what they're doing -- and they have no idea.\n\nThe purpose of this is to make sure employees are doing what they're being paid to do at work -- work.  And not playing on the internet, or looking for a new job, or looking at porn, etc.\n\nDon't do anything on your computer at work that you wouldn't want your bosses to know about.  (Because they probably do.)
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Anything you do while in the building or on equipment provided by an employer is their business.  It is not considered spying.\n\nYou can ask the IT person if your personal computer usage has ever set off an kind of alarm...tell him you are conscientious and want to make sure you fly under the radar...\n\nMost IT guys will appreciate that you are trying to do work at work and understand emails get checked there too.  If you ask up front to make sure you are not doing unauthorized stuff, no worry...\n\nMy company tracks usage but I listen to music all day so I generally show up as a heavy user.  When the tracking software shows him what I have been doing, he ignores it.\n\nTry switching to Yahoo Beta - then your email can always be open and the window in the task bar will tell you if you have anything to check!  \n\nAlso, my IT guy said my stuff is measured by "clicks" not time any window is open so opening and closing email measures more than leaving it open all the time in a minimized window.\n\nJust ask.
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yes a company has the rights to monitor your computer, email, telephone, and can even place a camera in your office!!!! they could easily tap into the cell phone you had
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This is a tricky question. Most states do allow your phone conversations to be monitored. The reason they find in favor of the employer is the employer can analyze if the employee is performing the job functions correctly. However, if the conversation is of a personal reason (your talking to your mom) then the listening has to end as soon as it becomes apparent. The next subject is, are you allowed personal calls at work, if not your in trouble.
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Regardless of what you are trying to say, remember that it is perfectly legal for your employer to monitor any electronic e-mail to or from you while at work!  If you use company computer connections.  Your question is rather vague.  Mail as in email, should be only for business, or only as specifically allowed in writing by your management.  There are monitoring programs for servers that specifically hit office abuse of email.  Employees are fined or otherwise disiplined, not good.  Electronic devices are controlled by individual corporate policies and proceedures.  Most formally do not allow private devices, but seem to overlook most of the time, except when the privledge is abused or highlighted (Like in the middle of a important staff meeting when your cell phone song rings out)!\n\nHave a good day.
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Telecommuters spend at least part of their workday at home, using computers or other telecommunications equipment. Most telecommuters live on the fringe of large cities and in the suburbs and exurbs, in what is known as the "two-hour telecommuting ring\n\nAn Anusing story\n\nTelecommuters Not Following Dress Code \nBy Ralf the Dog \n \nSan Diego, CA - A recent study by California State University found that out of 15,000 employees who work from home, only three follow company dress code.  The study estimates that failure to follow a company dress code while at home costs employers over $15 billion every year.\n\nJames Bottlefisher, an assistant department head of strategic accounting, second class at IBM, was quoted as saying, "It's bad enough when they don't wear a coat and tie to bed at night, however it seems that our employees are dressing casually even during work hours."\n\nMany companies have found it difficult to determine what employees are wearing at home. Bottlefisher continued, "We suspect that a number of our telecommuters are wearing blue jeans and tee shirts.  There is even a rumor that some of our workers are not wearing anything at all."\n\nThere is a congressional study planned to determine whether it should be appropriate to require telecommuters to place webcams throughout their homes to allow employers to monitor their dressing and grooming habits.\n\nYuri Sandusky who works for Oracle from his home office said, "They can put cameras all around my house if they wish, but I highly doubt anyone monitoring could handle the sight of my disgusting naked body prancing about while I'm talking to clients.   The clients don't mind why should my employer?  I feel more empowered while naked."\n\nOf the three participants of the CSU study who were found to be in compliance with dress codes, one man was found to have died after coming home from church, one woman was found to be an extreme nerd, while the last man turned out to be an error. He was not in compliance, he was in a dress.
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use a fingerprint or other bio-scanner - it's the best way to avoid potential problems with employee malfeasance.
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Yeah, it allows other companies to spy into where you go on the internet.  It is an invasion of privacy.
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Trying to solve a mystery? Wondering what others in the household may have been up to on the computer?\nThere are programs that track what people are looking at on their computers and you can see what others in the family have been doing on the computer.\nGo to www.cnet.com and look at downloads. There may be one there. Used very commonly in companies where employees work on computers, to see if they are goofing off.
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If I understand your question, it is about how managing ethical standard in technlogy shapes the work environment or culture.  Well, technolgoy has given us many modes of communication. If one works in an office where "anything goes", there would undoubtedly be pornography and other improper things on the computers, instant messages and e-mails to employees that are unwanted and considered harrassment, etc.  \n\nHigh ethical standards and rules that are enforced keep the work environment comfortable.  It ensures that sexual harrassment and things does not happen.\n\nSue
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stalking your own kids?????\n\nPics are sent home with the kids.
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It is very likely that your employes are monitoring your computer usage at work.  77.7% of major employes monitor their employees' internet, phone, computer and work activities.  The rules for workplace monitoring favor employers. There are no federal laws that regulate monitoring employees. Only two states, Delaware and Connecticut, have laws that require employers to notify employees if the company monitors them.  This is due to the fact that the computers in the office are supplied for the primary benefit of the company... not the staff person's personal use.\n\nCompanies maintain that by utilizing web based mail applications such as Yahoo, Gmail or Hotmail, the employee is putting the business in much greater risk of viruses and worms entering the network.\n\nAn American Management Association survey, which involved 526 U.S. companies, states that about 25 percent of employers have fired workers for misusing the Internet; another 25 percent have terminated employees for inappropriate use; and 6 percent have fired employees for misusing office telephones.\n\nAnd it is very cost effective, at around $10 per employee per year for larger companies.  And keeping your passwords safe, clearing your cache and your cookies, and not having your computer remember any passwords will not stop your employer from being able to see what you are up to.\n\nComputer monitoring may include keystoke logging, software monitoring, or applications to view what you see on your monitor.  Sniffers placed on networks can also pinpoint employees who are using the network bandwidth by activities such as downloading music or listening to web based radio stations.\n\nMy recommendation if you want to be able to check your personal mail from the workplace and protect both your job and your privacy is to have a web enabled mobile device that you own to do this on.  If you intend to do this infrequently, then most phones with web access will work for brief usage.  If you will be doing this on a frequent basis, then you're better to go with a much faster private method, such as a Treo web enabled device.