Topic: Technology and work ethics - page 3. (Read 829 times)

In my opinion, every company has its own work standards and everyone who works there certainly knows what things apply. Every worker also understands the company profile when applying and also during the interview process before actually being accepted. So there is no reason for people who claim that their privacy is disturbed due to the use of technology because they have gone through a series of processes. In fact, I really don't agree if CCTV is installed in private rooms such as bathrooms or changing rooms and special meeting rooms, otherwise there is no problem at all.

I think that monitoring staff is an idea of the past that should largely be abandoned. Of course, some jobs require monitoring. Those are jobs that have to do with vulnerable people (in the hospitals and prisons, for example) or important/dangerous data/things (state security services, toxic scientific facilities). But monitoring people for productivity doesn't make sense to me. I think people should be able to do whatever they want at the office or at home while working, as long as what they're doing isn't distracting others from work and as long as they meet their deadlines, goals and things like that. If a person is performing well (which can be assessed by looking at regular results of whatever work the person's doing at the office), the rest should not concern the company.

Large organizations need to ensure smooth operations and maximize productivity, hence they adopt strict monitoring. With numerous employees dispersed across various departments, monitoring mechanisms, including technological solutions like CCTV cameras and computer tracking software, are crucial tools for maintaining accountability and efficiency. Employees are hired to fulfill specific roles and responsibilities in exchange for compensation. It's only reasonable for employers to ensure that employees are performing their duties satisfactorily.

Monitoring allows management to identify areas of improvement, address inefficiencies, and provide necessary support or training to enhance employee performance. Organizations must maintain high levels of productivity to remain profitable and competitive, because they have to operate in today's competitive business landscape. Monitoring helps identify and rectify issues promptly, preventing potential disruptions to workflow and ensuring that deadlines and targets are met effectively. Employees are aware that their activities during work hours are subject to scrutiny, and monitoring serves as a deterrent against misconduct or unauthorized activities. But of course it needs a balance between oversight and respect for individual rights.

An organization needs strict monitoring to run smoothly.  It is not possible to run a large organization without monitoring.  Because there are many employees in a large organization, there is no boss or owner who can come and check all the time whether everyone is working properly.  For this, various technologies are used there.  If someone works in exchange for money, it is natural that the owner will keep a watch on whether that person is doing the work properly.  Many come to the office and do not work properly.  To see this, the owner monitors the CCTV cameras and monitors.  I don't think it's a bad thing because I don't think there's anything private in the office other than the washroom.

To maintain employee work productivity, supervision is required, however, if the supervision system is implemented too strictly, it does not rule out the possibility that employee performance productivity will increase, however, a strict supervision system like this can also cause the work environment to become unhealthy. Unhealthy, because too tight supervision can cause discomfort and severe stress for employees. and quite a few people choose to resign from their workplace and choose to look for another job, just because the supervision system is too strict. Of course, if this continues, it will only result in losses for the company, because with so many workers leaving, the company will have to carry out recruitment again, which costs quite a lot. However, if there is a vacancy in workers for a long time, this will actually be even more detrimental to the company.

With the presence of technology such as CCTV, this can indeed help improve a company's surveillance system, but companies also need to consider the comfort and privacy of their workers.

You're at work, minding your own business, when BAM! You see a camera staring down at you from the corner of the ceiling. Big Brother is watching, and it feels kinda creepy, right? But hold on, there's another side to the story. Companies gotta keep an eye on things, right? Security cameras and stuff help catch bad apples and make sure everyone's playing by the rules. Plus, knowing you're being watched can keep you on your toes and maybe even prevent a coffee mug from mysteriously "walking away" from the break room.

The real problem comes when things get out of hand. Bosses peering over your shoulder at every email you send? That's a recipe for paranoia and a surefire way to kill creativity. It's like having your mom constantly checking your phone – super annoying and a major buzzkill. The key is finding a happy medium. Companies can monitor the stuff they need to, like work computers and common areas, without turning everyone into a robot worried about getting caught for taking a five-minute social media break. Maybe a work phone for work stuff and your personal phone for, well, personal stuff, could be the answer.

Tech, huh? The double-edged blade is slicing through our work ethics like hot butter, making everything more efficient, but at what cost? We're more linked than ever, but are we surveillance cogs? You're right: productivity rises, staff-management relations improve, and we're on the brink of a privacy breach.

CCTV everywhere, laptops constantly monitored; sounds more like a dystopian fiction than a workplace? The goal to monitor productivity and security is good, but the execution? A slippery slope. We have tools to liberate, not suffocate. Where's the line? When does increasing security erode trust?

It's equilibrium, right? A balance of authority and respect. Yes, supervise, but not overshadow. Watch but don't suffocate. The gander (workers) must be considered alongside the goose (management). Trust, not confinement, is needed. Technology should be used for mutual respect and advancement, not against privacy. Where do you stand on this center ground?

The topic you brought up for discussion is old considering in what era we are living in and the employees had leverage to negotiate with the management but now we are living in AI, and there are talk s that have been going on that AGI and ASI isn't too far from reality and if that happens then we no need humans at all for most of the part and the management just let the computers to do every job they want.

You seem to know the answer to your question. What you have said is the primary reason why the companies do come to the point of implementing surveillance of their employees every working hour. However, there are more reasons aside from the one you have mentioned, it is also to secure the information of the clients of the company, especially if you are working in a place where all the personal information can be seen by employees that is confidential for people outside the company. If ever this has been leaked to other people, the company will face legal actions from their clients.

This is why the company is increasing its security up to the point of having to monitor their employees every working hour. It is part of their policy if you have accepted to work with them, if you do care about that kind of policy, you can try finding another job where there's no tight security for their employees.

For me I don't see anything wrong with the use of cctv to monitor the activities of workers. That is another way of improving productivity in work force. People are always lazy when they know that nobody is monetoring them, I have been working in industry and I know how workers behave. Surveillance is one technology with high importance meaning you can be at the office and have a totally controls on the working environment put together with working taking radio. You can be at the comfort of your office yet navigating through the axis of the site. some iligal activities can been seen, some accidents that is about to happen that may have resulted to death which the company would have spent alot of money will be minimised so technology might bring some disadvantages but with this explanation you can see the important.

So far,technology has done more good to businesses and firms,but this issue of where the employers are literally been monitored against their will or consent is totally unagreeable.

Employees are indeed entitled to a private life,and their way of life should also be respected.Many reputable business organizations where there safety and security means a lot to them will continue to install and install too much electronic gadgets for the sole purpose of of protecting their company's privacy and ensuring safety.It seems to be an important factor to them as it enhances a smooth and easy running of company's activities to be precise.

Agreed with you, aside from the rest room in an office environment I don't think there should be a place where CCTV cameras are not meant to be mounted for watch. It breaks that awareness for workers to act appropriately in accordance with management policies and regulations and also with that, workers can't cheat the company of working hours. Lateness and other unwelcomed attitudes will be put in check so as to improve and sustain productivity. In as much as a company treats it's staffs well in terms of numeration and welfare, monitoring of ataffs shouldn't cause a headache.

In my opinion, installing CCTV as surveillance is very reasonable in a company environment because as time goes by, CCTV seems to have become a necessity for a company or office. Because it is proven by the number of criminal acts or other negative things, CCTV is very important even if it is installed in the employees' rooms as employees. Not without reason, CCTV installation has become a necessity as a security tool in companies. Especially in large companies, installing CCTV has become an option and a mandatory requirement to improve security and surveillance.

Because the benefits of CCTV apart from monitoring and security, having CCTV will also prevent crime, provide evidence for legal cases and of course save security costs. So a company that installs CCTV in every employee's room does not violate privacy and ethics. However, if CCTV is installed in the bathroom it will violate privacy and of course there is no ethics.

I think it is implemented in every private sector or private companies about thr restrictions in the office hardwares, I personally work in a bank as a developer and yes they have rules and restrictions in using their company devices but not to the ooint that wehenver they wane they can open and access our devices, we still have our privacy but of course if theres an annomaly happening in your device then they will take actions, in short they have rules and regulayions but still we have our own privacy, but that's not the case in other company but that's how they secure and keep they company safe from unwanted incidents, human error are one of the cause why there are news about company or establishment being compromised its because the hackers used the people mistakes and take advantage on it. So if you are an employee in that kind of company, you have no choice but to follow.

Surveillance in the workplace isn't anything new imo. If it were of a more private place then yea your argument can take into effect, but then again workplaces aren't private places for employees. Things might change if they were being secretly monitored though but that's another issue.

There are certain limits to it though. It's not like a person, regardless of their job, will need to do their task 24/7. Micromanaging is one of the worst things you can ever do to "boost" productivity and well, some managers are dumb enough to do this. Granted they're just sometimes placed on a job where they don't even know how they do their job so they just micro-manage. The problem most likely stems from management being capable of, well, management-level skills, but not the main skills of the people they're managing. You gotta understand something to govern about it imo. At that point it's not really an ethical problem, just a miscommunication of sorts.

There is nothing wrong in monitoring your staff. However, it becomes stalking and unethical if the company doesn't let their staff know that they are being monitored. In fact it should be in their contract form to sign that they would be monitored during the work hours.

If I put myself in the shoes of the founder of the organization, I would justify my actions because I want my staff to be productive. Productivity entails revenue for the organization which translates to the staff getting paid and the continuity of the company.

Unproductivity will result in bankruptcy and result in high turnover from the staff.

that's right, maybe in the beginning we are not totally used to such set up but if that is one of the basic needs of the company to protect their system from possible hacking incidents then there is no issue, we have to accept their rules because we work for them, and so that they can monitor the movements of a person on the computer because whether we admit it or not, even if we are told not to open any site that is not related to work, we still do it, right? that's why so many companies today are more restrictive.

There are of course some difficulties with the development of technology. Cameras are currently used in offices to protect privacy and have their own rationale for doing so. They can do this for different needs of the company And if you act properly as a good worker, you shouldn't have any problem if they take control of your PC or other devices. Since they do this in the interest of the company, most of the chances are they get various benefits through it And because of doing this, the workers who are somewhat evasive will refrain from this.

Well tech in the workplace makes things run smoother but the snooping is a real issue. Sure it boosts productivity but when there's no heads up about cameras or computer spying, it messes with privacy. It's like they're exploiting tech to keep tabs on us instead of trusting the team. Finding a middle ground between tech benefits and basic respect is key. Let's keep it transparent and make sure everyone's on board with how we use these tools so work stays productive without compromising people's privacy

I think there's no need for privacy in your office desk unless the camera is under your table and using it for something very inappropriate, but if it's just on your PC like monitoring your work, that's not a problem at all if you're doing your job correctly. You're gonna find it annoying if you're doing something else in your working hours and you don't want it to find out by your senior or your boss.

But if you're just not comfortable with it when you're working, ask the HR about it so you can decide whether to accept the job or not.