Topic: Technology and work ethics (Read 829 times)

Management must be selective in selecting workers and they must be tested when initially applying for the job. Get to know workers' skills and place them in decent jobs so they can work well. Increasing worker productivity must be seen to the extent to which they get incentives from workers, but this does not mean they will become reliable workers because of incentive issues. Installing CCTV to monitor work is not a solution because they will try to be two-faced while working, but they must be given freedom and control in a more elegant way.

CCTV actually functions not to monitor workers but for the security side because if management uses CCTV to monitor workers it is not a good decision. It is more important to control workers in other ways than using CCTV because comfort and privacy are also very important for workers. CCTV is only one part of monitoring, but it is not fully used for this purpose because there are other, much better methods.

Interesting points. While technology has undoubtedly transformed the modern workplace and brought about numerous benefits, like it has significantly improved the efficiency of employees by optimizing their daily working routines and enabling them to focus on the most important tasks. However it is crucial for organizations to address the ethical implications of technology in the workplace. Balancing the advantages of technology with ethical considerations and respect for an employees privacy is essential for fostering a positive and productive work environment.

Not only for that, in my opinion CCTV is also useful for other things, such as looking for criminals who if there really is a crime or other acts of crime. With this CCTV indeed helps from various aspects including the safety and order of employees. Even at this time a lot of shops that use CCTV for safety especially with jewelry stores that are vulnerable to crime such as robbery, I once worked in a fried chicken shop and it helped when there was a friend of my friend's cellphone that was placed on the cashier was lost, by seeing CCTV then We can find the perpetrators of the theft.

In my opinion, with the number of employees in a company it is indeed very difficult if monitored by one by one, therefore the manager installs CCTV to monitor their performance, whether his employees really work well or not. Because in my opinion when they are bored with their work that I know the office work is boring, maybe they can occasionally do silly things to entertain themselves.

I couldn't agree more, it's like these companies find ways to fuck things up even when work from home (which I must say is God's blessing on Earth) is already a thing worldwide. Instead of facilitating programs, activities, or perks that would increase the level of enthusiasm and productivity of people in the workplace, they put the funding towards closer monitoring and stricter surveillance systems which I must say, is unnecessary to some degree since people who are unproductive and lazy will find ways to be lazy and procrastinate in the workplace no matter how many cameras you put in, and by then it's much better to let that person go than to invest so much money making them productive yeah?

This is just another way these companies fail to understand why workers feel so demotivated and defeated nowadays, they thought it's pizza parties and sick leave approvements, my brother in christ we just wanted a company that doesn't fuck us in the ass on the daily with all these crazy rules and regulations.

I fully agree with your statement here that indeed the existence of CCTV cameras installed in several parts of the office room is actually only for the benefit of the company itself to ensure that its employees are really doing their job well, nothing more than that. As for privacy issues, I think this is another thing that should not be involved with work issues, CCTV is only to ensure that employees do their jobs properly and in accordance with what they have been instructed and in accordance with the tasks they have agreed to before entering the company.

On the other hand, the office atmosphere is not a place for you or any employee to show your privacy and the company also does not want to see your privacy because it is not the right time to show something that you think is private, they install CCTV nothing more than to ensure the productivity of the workers, we do not need to object or feel disturbed by such surveillance if we feel we have not done anything wrong.

These cctv cameras are placed in offices at strategic locations, where your privacy is not compromised. Worry if inside the toilet/washroom, there are also cameras. But within office premises where they believe are important to have one, they will surely install for the benefit of the company as well as employees. If you have nothing to hide and just doing your work, you don't need to complain about such cameras.

Op first of all, you must understand that it is an official environment so it's appropriate to keep activities on a public glare, because most times we've had cases of theft in an official environment and if there is no CCTV or hidden cameras to identify some of these misgivings that happens in the office, we won't know those involved.  Workers should always understand that they are in a working environment and everything that they are doing from their dress code to the way they communicate and how they relate to each other, should be ethical and in tandem to rules of the company.  

so I'm in support of those CCTV camera, to enhance transparency and accountability on the  side of the workers, because it is a business environment and you are there for a serious work,  you are there to be productive and those you are working for ought to look at your level of productivity so that they won't wake up one morning and hear that the company has been sold out to somebody else and the ground work was done by workers within the company.

I can relate to some of it. My workplace do have about 200 employees working in some 30 departments. And broadcast is what the administration/hr department use to notify every other departments. CCTVs are indeed used by the manager to look for people coming late, going early or leaving the premises without notifying. They are not pointed towards the employees chairs or computer screens but to film the interaction between the customers and employee as well the passageways.
The employee here don't have spare time to do other stuffs. All of the computers are locally and centrally monitored but I know the IT guys and checking what people are using is not on their priority.
It all depends on the manager or boss and how good are they being able to manage the manpower.

I don't see anything wrong with CCTVs; nowadays, almost everywhere you go, there is one. Even in other homes, there are also personal CCTVs. Now, in companies or any form of business,
it's fine as long as it's not to the point where it shouldn't be monitored, like, for example, if other employees and anything that goes to the comfort rooms shouldn't be included.

It's just that in situations like this, I think it's a necessity for security, in general matters, I guess, particularly in companies.

Currently, CCTV cameras are widely used in various regions and also in various offices, so they can be considered as technology for tracking workers or employees. However, that doesn't mean it can't be avoided because the camera can also be turned off by people we don't know or by the staff themselves when they want to do something bad. So this is actually no longer something new that can be completely relied on by everyone, although it can still be used to simply help in tracking other people in general.

First of all, no organization fixes CCTV cameras without their staffs being aware so that in a case where a staff is caught doing unpleasant stuffs in the office, it can be traceable. Talking about privacy, it is only guaranteed at your most convenient private places and not in an establishment where everyone is at liberty to access wherever to want to within the scope of that environment of work.
We can't dispute the numerous aid technology has brought to mankind such that one can easily do anything even at your most convenient places however, the use of technology needs not to be abused because there are people in the society who uses this technology as a way to undue others which is very bad .

So am trying to come to terms with privacy when it comes to a working environment and I think for most companies, they do a great deal in doing that. Your in a work environment and should be doing your job when your there, there isn’t anything wrong with a company have high level of control of there asset and by that I mean human and gadgets included while within the work premises. It’s important that they know what is being done with their gadgets as you could ruin them, reputation and otherwise.

Having a CCTV camera in place serves a number of purpose which includes protection of its staff and vindication of staff as well. It’s not so negative with this. Perhaps when your home you could get more privacy and not at work. The places where privacy is of vital essence in a work place, it’s often ensured possible and that be the toilet. Else, go home!

Op wouldn't understand how much of a dire situations the CCTV cameras has saved within the office environment which without a lot of things would have gone wrong without people knowing exactly what happened and how it happened.

A recent video flying online about a young man (I think he's a customer of the bank) that walked into bank saw a phone that was plugged to charge and so this young man tried to be smart in stealing the phone without workers and other customers attention picking on him in the bank. Unknown to the thief CCTV cameras was capturing his action. And that was how his identity was discovered through the CCTV video and he was traced, arrested and the phone recovered.

Now the real life story above has just proven the necessity for CCTV cameras at every spot in an office except in the convenience, to save situations. And only to watch or monitor the workers performances in office. It purpose goes beyond just that alone.

  I don't mean to be snide but technology can't be blamed for our messed up work ethics. We ourselves are killing it. Technology can be put to wonderful use. How we use it is just sad. And then, we blame it for our laid back work ethics. All we have to do is learn to strike a balance between our work and the usage of technology. When the perfect balancing sense is achieved, you'll be amazed to see the outcome. Many of us take for granted that technology is the brightest spot in the economy, where most of the innovation and job creation occurs. But if you look more broadly at the impact of technology across every industry, it doesn’t look so great. Technology makes businesses more efficient, often by eliminating the need for repetitive tasks and the workers who do them. We are not replacing those jobs with enough new, higher-skilled ones to make up for the loss.
   The use of technology has risen both in our schools, colleges and throughout society; hence, addressing technology's ethics is necessary. It is not new for our educational institution to preach ethics. Still, as education technology's use increased the complexity of the educators' task, schools can play a vital role in helping the children understand the values, policies, and laws applicable to the rapidly changing information technology-dependent world. The teachers or instructors must be aware of the importance of technology ethics-related issues. As it is rightly said, "technology will not replace great teachers, but technology in the hands of great teachers can be transformational." Hence, it is in the teachers' hands to ensure that the leaders and the decision-makers of tomorrow are well equipped to make the difficult ethical decisions they would undoubtedly face.

Yeah, the point is to increase the productivity of workers but to be fair, it's insane when they expect factory and warehouse workers to work the whole 6.5 hours without any 1-2 minute breaks. I have done physical labour and I know how big the pressure is to work, they expect you to carry 20kg boxes every second for 7 hours. I call it slavery. I studied UI/UX design and got a good job. Now I get a high salary and I am not watched and forced to work every single second. During the 8-hour shift, I take a 2-3 minute break any time I wish to rest my eyes and I also have 1.5 hours of paid break time.

Technology helps save money and streamlines processes. However, the surveillance state is seeping in, which is troubling. When you enter a store or office, cameras are everywhere. "For your protection", they claim, but you feel watched. Staff productivity? Continuous monitoring makes you feel like a hamster on a wheel

Call it control, not accountability as they call it. We can micromanage everything and squeeze every last drop of work. All this pitch about senior staff monitoring without pay? That's absurd. The goal is to replace human judgment with a cold, calculated algorithm

No, I'm not anti-tech. It enabled improvements. We're delusional if we assume it's pure and good. A double-edged sword. Who controls this tech? Their true motivations? We must ask those questions. This material is slowly changing our jobs, privacy, and basic interactions. Not simply efficiency, but power and who has it

Most companies do not do those things behind the backs of their employees, in fact they are very open about this and if you do not like it you can always protest about it or look for another job.

To be honest, just as you cannot expect any privacy in a public space, you should not expect any privacy when you are on the private property of someone else, and unless they cross the line, like setting cameras on the bathrooms of the company, then you do not have too much of a say here, as if you need privacy to do something, you should wait until you get to your home to do it.

Technology has its good and bad sides, but in all, the good side outweighs the bad side. Again, when it is well managed and used for the right purposes, it is even better as it will save costs, increase productivity and efficiency and also enhance security. However, the issue you just brought is not as you believed it, the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) is not necessarily a means to monitor the employee but to record all the activities going on in the places covered by it.

This is why its primary purposes are for Security and Surveillance. You will need to do the surveillance for security's sake, which is why I believe the CCTV seems to be monitoring the employees, which is of course true, but not the main purpose.

There are no standard establishments where you will not see the CCTV, even in the supermarkets, all these can't primarily mean they are infringing on their employees or people's privacies but to be accountable for whatever happened in that vicinity. This is especially true when there is an incident. The first thing the police would ask is the CCTV.

If it were to be the monitoring of the employee, a senior staff without any additional payment would be able to do that just fine.

The behavioural traits of all workers ain't same and you can generalized your personality trait to work efficiently and productively without under strict watch that other employees will embark on same working efficiency too. In X and Y management theory studies has proven that there are workers that would be only able to dispense their duties and responsibilities effectively when they are under watch by superior in the office which is what makes the installation of CCTV cameras within the office environment a necessity, on the other hand those that has the trait of working efficiently despite not under watch shouldn't have to bother about the CCTV cameras anyway because it wasn't basically for workers like them it was mounted.

The more sophisticated technology becomes in the world of work, the more costs we have to incur in the company, from surveillance cameras to digital attendance, all of that is part of the supervision technique, but what is really needed now is employees who have high integrity, are honest and have sensitive attitude towards every problem in the field. The more sophisticated the technology, the more it does not guarantee that things will run smoothly in the company or workplace, returning to the identity of each employee. The main thing is morals and honesty