Topic: Technology and work ethics (Read 936 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

There's nothing wrong with companies try put a check on their employees to see dear level of seriously as far as it is in the work premises it is not out of place because where ever that there's no check and balance mechanism abuse is emminent

I even think that the company will provide as an account for use. If not and they decide us to create one, then maybe this is where some employees use their personal accounts, only to get started immediately.

As long as they don't use it in more important things and then the company or our co-workers don't mess with it, we can be just fine. It's normal for a company to put a CCTV in order to track their employee's activities, so why will we sue them? That's funny. We can only waste our time and money for this, plus we will be in an awkward situation. If someone wants more privacy, then they better apply in a work-from-home jobs.

The point of controlling what workers do is to increase the productivity, not gossip. The managers are not there to prevent you from doing something that is not related to work, so that when they catch you do something, they go ahead and gossip about it with other managers, that ain't the reason, hell they couldn't care less at all.

However, they do it so that they could increase productivity, if they are following you on CCTV and they are checking every website you are visiting, that means they are trying to just keep you working. In most cases, someone works 8 hours a day, with 1 hour break, and 2 15 minute breaks, that's how it has been everywhere I worked, that means you work 6.5 hours and during all that 6.5 hours, they want you to only work and nothing but work.

If CCTV is installed for something that is of informative interest to the company then it is fine as long as it does not harm employee privacy. I think the company also has ethical standards in monitoring every movement in the company, perhaps not only monitoring employee performance but also to build trust between people in the scope of work. I don't think there's any need to worry about this situation as long as we are always able to work professionally and don't have evil intentions that will actually harm ourselves.

We have never been under more surveillance in the world than we are today. However in many countries where CCTV is now prevalent, you'll find the crimes are generally much lower than they were 20 years ago and there is probably a higher chance of catching criminals who commit the most heinous acts, which is loosely related to what you're discussing. Companies will often have acceptable usage policies and will often provide all the infrastructure for you to use, but part of the reason they monitor your activity at work is protecting the network from malicious attackers or infections. It's hard to find a trade off, but everyone knows these days that they are monitored on their work networks so don't do anything stupid.

You mean workplace spying, right? The trade-off is monitoring for security, oversight for order. But it's a slippery slope. When does "monitoring for productivity" become Orwellian? They're paying you, but at what cost to personal freedom and professional trust?

You're keeping calm, accepting the watchful eyes as a necessary evil. However, complacency breeds control. When you reply, "I'm fine as long as it's in my workspace," you normalize constant watch and loss of privacy. The issue is borders, but who draws them? Management? What happens to your autonomy when they redraw these borders for efficiency or security?

Resignation as a solution? A power move, a statement. Who can't afford to leave? People say "just quit" when things get dystopian, but reality isn't that simple. Trust, not surveillance, is the goal. Because a society based on surveillance over trust fails itself, creating a trust deficit no amount of monitoring can cure

in supervision applied to a company and guiding technology and information on the use of technology which is closely related to quality

communication itself and doing the work so that workers are practical and obedient
accompanied by adaptation of the workers them selves

For ethic is better.

Sad reality with some companies however, no matter how we look at it, that's under rules and regulations in most instances for corporates. Either you raise it to the management or just let things be. Raising it as a concern on the other hand should be also a problem with other employees 'coz some would say it's just fine. As employees using their facilities, I personally have no issues regarding monitoring through cameras especially on my workspace. I do view it as their way of minimizing inside job instances, slacking of employees, and more. They are paying me to function during working hours and my job is to do it as long as things are under my job description. One thing I learned is to know when to resign if things are getting out of hand. I realized that companies won't adjust to their employees and the idea of trusting people won't be a priority. Is it a bad thing? Well to some, yes but on management perspectives, it is justifiable as long as it follows boundaries.

The only instances wherein it will be negative is if you are still being monitored and sanctioned on your free hiurs or whenever you are using private utilities of the office such as restrooms. But if it is with your workspace, then I'd be okay with it.

Overall I agree with what you say, in a company it is very important to have supervision, the presence of CCTV can make this easier. A company certainly doesn't want its employees to spend their work time on useless things, CCTV is very useful for other purposes such as security. I think all employees have no problem with CCTV. In certain companies, CCTV is the main supporting device.

In my opinion, employee privacy will be maintained, company management will certainly get into trouble if they misuse employee personal information. When we decide to work for a company, it means we are ready to follow the company internal rules. Where we work, the presence of CCTV is more for security purposes such as crimes or theft of company goods.

Your concerns are valid but I don't see anything worrisome here unless you have a hidden agenda against the company. Apart from restroom privacy, I don't know any other privacy you want to protect again in the place of work. Moreover, employees are much aware of this technological devices installed in the company and you have the right to terminate your contract or even reject the job offer in the first place if you are not comfortable with it. The level at which employees mismanage company's resources and properties called for this CCTV monitoring and I don't think anyone who's willing to work accordingly would have problem with being watched or monitored through CCTV cameras.

I know it'll limit employees freedom but it's not necessary not only for staffs surveillance but for security purposes and increase productivity to the core. It save company's time and cost in case of incident because the defaulter can be easily identified. At my current place of work, there is no CCTV cameras yet but the CEO is always on unexpected supervision to various departments from time to time. I may not be comfortable with it but I still support it because I have seen how impactful it is to the organization. Without monitoring, some employees are just a liability to the company.

I was speaking from an employers perspective, and if I was an employee, I definitely wouldn’t like it. But how do you know who to trust? Employees use company computers and internet to play video games. Asides delivering everything you’re asked to do, it is a wrong thing to do. Companies doing it today are based on previous employee acts, can’t blame them.

I’m employed on a company that doesn’t have a CCTV installed behind our back just to monitor my work progress because we have target submission date which is enough already to force us to work properly. I really like working this way because I’m free to manage my time whatever I want without any concerns that someone is watching me. My company values the result over the process of doing it.

Your point of view is correct about the use of cctv to monitor employees but I personally dislike it when all my move will be watch by my superiors because there’s no freedom on doing my work in my own way.

It is true that due to technology we can do many things very easily, like medicine, calculations and being able to do various tasks very easily but before the advent of technology we could not do all the tasks so easily. Just as there are good sides to using technology, there are also bad sides, it depends on us whether we use the good side of technology or the bad side. If we use technology well, we can open up the world more.

Companies are very concerned about their property, and even as the cameras are installed almost in everywhere there are still places where they don’t install cameras because  of privacy. If you don’t want those cameras to be watching over you, you have a choice to quiet and leave the company for the owner.

Companies property are expensive, and they are trying as hard as they can to protect them, this camera are what they go back to in term of some minor disputes which they can easily use the video coverage to get back and know where issues arise from.

CCTV are very important for not just monitoring the staff but security purposes. The important thing about CCTV cameras is that even when there’s no one, you feel watched and you will have to do your job properly. The computers they use as well is best under surveillance because many people while at work use the company’s time and resource to do things that don’t contribute to the company. If you’re an employer who has experience this from at least 1 employees, you will understand better. However, I don’t support threatening employees with their jobs (unless they did something worth it).

I think it’s okay. They are using resources from the company so I believe
that the company has the rights to monitor and see what they are doing.

I think it can also create a sense of transparency that would be able to build
trust among employees and the employers. As long as it is not for other weird purposes, then I think it’s only okay.

Every company that will accept new employees will of course always select them well so that they don't make a mistake in choosing the employees they will accept at their company and after they have passed these stages of course they must follow all the rules that exist in the place where they work, current technological developments. This of course will really help workers to be able to produce their work well and there are many tools that can help them complete the work they do.

If you have a business, you may choose to have security footage or not. And your getting everything all wrong. You are not using the CCTV cameras to monitor your employees. You provide securities for your business, your customers, and your workers as well.

Have you not heard of robberies in big supermarkets, banks, and other big firms? How do you think they get to trace the robbers? Sometimes customers may abuse your workers, and that is how you find them, or maybe they are shoplifting. You will also find out through those cameras. So I don't see any disadvantage in it.

There are problems that ought to be solved within minutes because there's no room for escalating. Before a company employs someone, they have to bend down and ensure they're bringing in a potential being and not some random opportunity cost one. However the new invention of technology have made everything easier and up running. Technology have made very activities easier and understandable in the system. Every worker have an idea about the system, they know the exact things to expect and also doing interception goals.

If those companies and organizations do not strengthen supervision and strict inspection of their employees. Some of those employees intentionally sabotage or sell important company documents, or do not comply with rules and refuse to work hard, causing damage to the business. Causing difficulties for businesses, even bankruptcy, and thousands of people will be unemployed. So do you think your privacy is more important or the lives of those thousands of employees are more important? And is it worth it when just because one person causes chaos in the company just because we demand privacy, it affects the whole group?

If we are not satisfied with that company because they do not respect our privacy, then we should leave immediately because no one is forcing us to stay. If you have to depend on them, you need to comply with the rules of the game they set.

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.

When you are at work, and you are working at their office, it is sort of makes sense to be under watch, isn't it? They have the right to check if you are working or not. We are not talking about what you are doing during your break time, or the toilets, we are talking about literally just the fact that you are building something in that company and you want to see what the people who build it are making as well.

I understand that sometimes it is not the same thing and you want some privacy but then you go home after work and you are free there. It is your work computer and it's their office, if you do not want to be checked constantly if you are working or not, then go find a freelancer job and do that at home without being watched by anyone.

As long as their work is completed with the targets that have been set and provides satisfaction with what is in their field then in my opinion such monitoring is no longer relevant. On the other hand, if staff are observed carrying out unethical actions or violating work rules and this is supported by poor work results, the company has the right to impose sanctions or dismiss them. So, if you want to return to the final result, if it is positive, but in the middle of work, you commit a violation, the consequence is only limited to an early warning, because the staff is still saved by their satisfactory work.

 We are hyperdomesticating ourselves. Many aspects of our lives have been made easier through various technologies. Only a small fraction of our population would be able to survive without modern tools in the wild. Some of us depend on technology to such an extent that we would just die without modern medicine. Technology has grown on to be our bodily extension which we cannot live without. As much good it is doing to the globe, it is also laying its footprint on us. You may never know what arsenal of weapon you are carrying along unless its effect begins to turn evident. Overall, technology has had a profound impact on society, changing the way we live, work, and interact with each other. While technology has brought many benefits, it is important to carefully consider the potential consequences and work to address any negative impacts it may have.
 One thing that comes to mind is that machines are improving constantly and are becoming more intelligent and efficient, and as we rely on them to do our work, we are required to be decreasingly intelligent ourselves. Imagine when machines will be self-sustaining, self-repairing, self-improving, and self-reproducing ie able to design and build new machines. We won’t even need to be designing, building or coding them. So, through evolution, we might lose our intelligence and simply become consuming, hedonistic creatures. And we may eventually become so unintelligent that we lose the evolution race and become extinct. I suppose this is another version of the belief that “AI will kill mankind”, but in this version AI machines will not retaliate against humans, or do anything directly to exterminate them.

You don't have to use your "main accounts", you need to separate your main accounts for your personal need and secondary accounts for business. So, you don't have to worry your employer and your colleagues disturb your privacy.

If you think it's not enough (because you didn't want your activity gets tracked by CCTV), you sue the company if you can find the laws in your country if it's forbidden to completely track the employees' activities.

The main achievement of technology was that it made absolutely everything easier. It's easy and fast to do hard, complex calculations, it becomes possible to book things from home, it's possible to connect with friends, it's possible to buy things and trade with different parts of the world from your home or office, it's possible to work from your home to a different country. Many things became possible thanks to technology and it accelerated absolutely everything and every process in the world.

It definitely affected work ethics. While modern technology reduces the privacy of workers, it increases the workforce by controlling what they do in the office or factory and it also saves a company from employees stealing things from them. While it affects workers privacy, companies don't care about that and the world favours rich (company owners).

Everything comes with a cost whether it's technology or anything else. Now here the technical aspects have revolutionised the world by their impacts but the point you raised is valid that the privacy is disturbed. The point here is no one cares about your opinion on that to be completely fair with you.

The company owners have been so blunt nowadays because the jobs have decreased and they have a number of people waiting in the queue. They will not bother with any suggestions from the staff until they feel comfortable to apply the recommendations. There are some good examples as well I'm not in a denial to them but that's very rare.

Actually everything that has been arranged in each company is indeed to create something more positive, but everything has a limit and there are some things that are indeed private private that should not be accessed by the company, otherwise all will be pressure for employees and they will definitely look for other places that are more comfortable, because each company has a different way of supervising employees so this depends on the CEO of the company they work for, Most importantly, with the era of increasingly sophisticated technology, we must be able to make the best use of it.

I understand that working environments where the CCTV are installed are places where the managements have doubts about the presentations or work outputs of the workers for where they're in doubts of security outlets.
So on cases like this privacies shouldn't be a priority to the workers but to deliver their jobs cordially without a Contrarily dispute. Your work place is not your home of relaxation of observation your privacies unless the nature of the privacy observant is a term to designated by the organization or company.
That also has made some jonkey workers moderating and comporting themselves knowing that eyes are watching them from afar. So I can say that the applications of cctvs in an organization at where it's required is a grate development.

It's normal to have your offices and any premise of the company to be monitored and have them recorded in CCTV. If you're even going to work remotely, they might ask you to open your webcam and have those tools to have it monitored your productivity and if you're really working at all.

That's a common thing that you'll get to have when you work corporately. If you don't want to get micromanaged by the company, you should start your own start up and have to see on how you will react to protect your company and max out every second that's being spent by your workers.

Having these ways of managing the office and any procedure of the company isn't unethical, this is a common process of any business that you'd see and even in the government offices, they have the same thing.

So you are assuming that it's unethical that the employers are monitoring their employees? Why?
There's no such thing as "worker's privacy". Any individual can have absolute privacy only inside his/her own home. Outside of your home, you can't have absolute privacy. The employees are required to be productive, that's the main reason they are being paid. No employer is going to tolerate employees, who check their FB or IG feeds every five minutes during the 8 hour shift. On the other hand, if the employer uses technology to spy on his employees in order to gather sensitive information about their personal life, this is not just unethical. It is supposed to be illegal as well.

this answers it all. You know, most workers if not monitored wouldn't want to do their jobs and would normally sit back and use office hours for personal gains at the detriment of the jobs they are supposed to be doing. It's true they have thier individual rights to privacy but such right has limitations and one of it major limitations is in instance as this when management has to ensure that her staff is as productive as possible.

Major institutions like banks, warehouse, hospitals etc that mount CCTV cameras in their working environment always let their staffs know that CCTV Camara are in there offices so they can protect sensitive private information that's outside of the companies jurisdiction. Toilets and any convince positions are always left out when installing CCTV cameras and we can only talk about bridge in work ethics when CCTV cameras are mounted in private places like the toilet or dressing room.

I think having access and being able to monitor your employees is not the main concern here but rather the lack of consent. The employees are still entitled to privacy if they wanted to and if they did agree of this kind of set-up then the company has no rights or whatsoever to monitor them secretly.

Yeah and should not be taken as something unethical or the like. Security cameras is one of the investments companies is spending for them to feel safe and comfortable and I know not only companies are doing this but most of us do as well to protect our properties from unknown and suspicious activities within the premises. This is the only way companies can sue or confront employees involved in any form of irregularities in workplaces.
For me there is nothing wrong about that as well unless they do it in an unethical way.

Morality is a set of standards that guide behavior actions and choices. There is no denying that the positive use of technology has improved our social life. The most important thing in modern life is that technology is affecting every sector of every country in the world thereby changing the way of working. Due to the technology there is no need for more monitoring of the workers at the workplace. Through CCTV the company boss can monitor everything from home.

Employee productivity is important for the achievement of organizational goals. Supervision and monitoring of workers have become very necessary because most workers are not willing to work but want to receive wages. Some of them engage in sharp practice such as stealing from the organization because of less supervision. I don't blame organizations for using technology to monitor these workers because it is necessary for high productivity and also the security of the organization.

However, I am against the fixing of secret cameras in offices because it infringes on the right of privacy of the workers. I heard that some organizations go to the extent of fixing cameras in office conveniences/toilets. Some even secretly spy on the homes of these employees thereby invading into private lives. The workers should be aware that they are been monitored and not secretly doing that. The organization should also inform these employees of these monitoring gadgets before they are employed, some people might not take the job if they are aware of the privacy policies of the organization. Monitoring technology is here to stay, we have to learn to live with them forever. Just keep in mind that you don't have privacy if you are working in or using any service from a centralized organization especially if they have your personal information.

If you don't expect good from something or enjoy good things, you have to think about the bad side of things because everything is good with its bad side.  Why you can work very well with security for your success or you can doctor your doctor very easily but in that case your data can be written elsewhere if you don't take proper privacy?  With the modernity that you are now.  As our communication medium and our work or activities are going it seems that our future will be more advanced or enlightened or we may be ignorant because along with the bad our India aspect is also rising.  In that case you have to think of something better because nowadays we find it difficult to discuss the topic online or on our platform.  This is to keep our business keys to our business or our investment through logs with high confidentiality and high security.

The legality and ethical considerations of electronic and video monitoring in the workplace depend on specific privacy laws in your country. However, here's my perspective:

Electronic Monitoring: Monitoring company-owned devices and email accounts is generally acceptable, provided that employees are aware of this practice. This protects company assets and intellectual property. However, employers should avoid monitoring personal devices, even if used for work purposes at times.

Video Monitoring:  CCTV in public workspaces is usually permissible for security purposes. However, surveillance in areas where employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy (e.g., bathrooms, changing rooms) is a serious violation.  Clear notices about video monitoring should be provided, especially in less obvious locations.

Ethically, I believe monitoring can be justified if it focuses on safety, security, and productivity on company-owned devices, as long as there's transparency about its use. The ethical line is crossed when monitoring becomes intrusive, targeting personal devices or private aspects of employees' work life

It's not a breach of privacy and it's the requirement and that's how a business runs, we are not at home as we are at work and it has to be monitored. I think you all will find it little wierd but there are people.who steal food from office, use unauthorised sites from office laptops or at work itself and many more hence these monitoring rules should be there atleast during work hours and I know where you are coming from as people nowadays wants to build some sort of company work culture which is going to fail as we don't go their to make friends as we don't wanna see their face after our log out hence this culture stuff is king to fail.

Personally, I don't see any thing wrong with a company having deeper eyes on their workers to maximize productivity. its not trespassing because it's the companies property that is been kept in check for it to maintain security in it's products.

One thing that has lead to organizations having more to deal with this security issues it the fact that some humans are not to be trusted with any opportunity because they will misuse them and hence cause damage to the organization.

The only case I would have an issue with such action is when it has to do with ones personal life been monitored, if an organization extends their surveillance to ones private life then it's absolutely abnormal and in appropriate. So it's ethical if they are only concern with the work environment not the private life of the employee.

currently I will say that technology has taken over different mechanisms of life on Earth in terms of what you mentioned so far like Industries institutions hospitals and the other different Technologies that enhance a contribution to construction and also make life easier, technology has brought different remedy and different shortcut to make life very easy to anyone so I believe that this life we are leaving we have to understand the impact technology brought to us and the percentages of the contribution and the easier function of technology to mankind

As technology improves, the manner in which we operate and communicate with people adjustments, and it is critical to remain adaptable. Accepting these adjustments can result in more adaptable planning, more efficiency, and a healthier balance between work and life. However, it is important to find a compromise among the positive aspects that technology offers and the worth of a person's abilities.

Strong communication skills are more important than ever in the work from home setting. misunderstandings becomes less difficult when you are unable to comprehend emotions or signals that are not spoken, therefore paying attention and clear conversation are vital. compassion, mental capacity, solving problems abilities, and technology can all help us perform more efficiently.

So far, technology has done more good in office assistance, in health, in banking and finance, than the old methods used for efficiency and work productivity.

Anyone joining a new company or any organization should know that their identity would be made bare by many standards and this is why anyone who doesn't feel comfortable about being exposed to cameras, about divulging details of their lives, about being probed and queried from time to time, should just consider doing business or going entrepreneurial and becoming thier own CEO/boss.

Sounds like a load of rubbish to be honest. There are good companies and bad companies to work in, if you're in the sort of company that micromanages your day like that then you should really think about leaving. Managers do not achieve great results if they have to concern themselves with the tiny minute details of their workers every day, sure that the initial training stage a new worker will need close attention to make sure no disasters happen and they are following the right processes, after that you will eventually reach the point where the person can either do the job consistently or needs to go. I've been lucky to never had a poor manager like that type that you describe, but know that a small minority of them exist out there.

This is a very accurate issue, the issue of monitoring during work and preserving privacy, it is clear that the need to monitor employees during work is a matter of concern to all companies and give them a priority on the issue of the privacy of employees.

As many indicated here, I do not think that there is a privacy for employees regarding work, the administration sees its right to look at everything that its employees do, whether in offices, computers, or mobile phones, so they will not hesitate to set devices and monitoring programs for all these things.

It is assumed that employees have no things they want to hide, so they should not complain about the issue of privacy at work.

When you agree to work in a company, you agree to their terms and conditions.

The only privacy you should get in a public office is when you use the convenience, the cameras may not just be to monitor staffs, but to keep record of activities in the office so there can be a reference should some kind of incident occur. CCTV's are very necessary in the office.

The computer remains opffice property, they can decide to do with it as they want, and you the staff is not expected to do any private and work unrelated thing on the computer you use.

Technological advances have brought many benefits in various sectors, including in the world of work, so that they can increase productivity and efficiency. However, you need to remember that the use of technology must be balanced with protection and compliance with work ethos and ethics.

and when supervision is applied too strictly to employees, it is said that instead of having a good impact on workers' productivity, it will actually have the opposite effect where this could create an unhealthy work environment and damage the relationship between management and staff. In other words, this can create disharmony in the work environment. Because no matter how rich people have the right to their privacy at work, surveillance technology such as CCTV must be clearly regulated and implemented with full ethical considerations. and management should also act wisely, by providing opportunities for employees to provide input or concerns regarding the supervision carried out.

I think your view on this is quite concerning. This is why OP.

Imagine working for a company and of course, there are contracts, requirements, etc. It should be a win-win situation for both and no "Advantages" and "Disadvantages" between the two because you are getting paid with what you agreed upon.

So basically, it's part of the policy of the company that they can be monitored because they can be the one take advantage and it would be resolved if there were security measures.

Being transparent with what the data is being collected should be clear to the workers but just CCTVs on the work floor is a must because of building permits etc. It's the employee's problem if he doesn't know it because a lot of companies have this for security measures.

Unlawful stuff = should be reported
Taking advantage of company resources = should be monitored by the company

I think it can be seen as like that.

if it is still in the work area or inside the office (places that do not touch people's privacy, such as the bathroom) then it is legal for office management to be able to install cctv to monitor people's movements in their office. or when management puts a pc or smartphone monitoring application provided to employees, then that is the right of the office and there is no problem with that.

but it's a different story if management puts cctv in employee bathrooms or monitoring applications on employee personal gadgets, then this is a clear violation of privacy. but apart from that, it is the company's right to monitor their workers.

this is not a matter of ethics or not, but the company only wants to monitor employee activities, prevent theft, or use of company property that is not in accordance with the employee's work.

If we are talking about cameras installed on the company's areas or rooms, and surveillance over devices owned by the company, I see no issues, since these aren't private areas or devices of the employees.

It would be an issue if the surveillance was over personal devices and gadgets, besides the company monitoring their employees while they were at home or at public places. That is why everyone should have a personal phone number to be used on their privacy, and a professional phone number, to be used for affairs related to their jobs. This way, they can login a Whatsapp at the computer of the company, for an example, without worries of being watched and having their private life exposed.

Moreover, the decision to work or not for a company is always disponible for the worker. If he doesn't agree with the internal policy of the company, he can step down and apply for a job on another company which he thinks to fit his demands as individual and professional.

I don't see anything wrong with management trying to maximize their productivity of their worker by installing CCTV on the work area and not on the rest rooms. Going about it ethically is by getting employees informed about it or by not installing it in secret places but places where you don't need to be told about it while you are in work areas. I don't support workers being wasteful during work hours or using work time for personal gains and business. There are some workers who will sleep all through work hours or take such time to secretly go away from work to probably visit their wives  and yet they want to be paid at the end of the month. Therefore, installation of CCTV to monitor workers is more creative and meant to get workers to utilize work hours for the work that they are paid for. Moreover, it also help to check insecurities around the company.

We can't dispute the fact that the advent of technology has played a great role in improving activities in the workplace. With the networking of the different PCs in companies, it has become easy to send a broadcast message to all staff at a time, and coupled with other sophisticated technology, coordinating and controlling multiple workers has become easier which has resulted in a high level of productivity and an increase in the staff to management relationships.

But then, the issue of workers' privacy and management compliance with work ethics has been of serious concern, and to a very large extent, it always appears as though most management has always used technology to the disadvantage of her staff. You find situations where CCTV cameras are mounted in most offices and privacy is denied to its peak. Most PCs used by staff are always under serious surveillance and sometimes, staff's don't even have a single knowledge that they are being monitored, and whenever they get a bit flimsy, their job is threatened.

I understand the importance of monitoring workers to ascertain there level of productivity, and to improve workers attendance and also enhance Cyber security but then, the inability of most management to go about this ethically has been of great concern to me.

What's your view about this?