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| Yes | 68% | 633 votes | Total: 935 votes | |
| No | 32% | 302 votes |
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by Robin Landry
Should employers monitor the Internet use of employees? As a former manager forced to terminate a promising young trainee a few years ago as a result of his apparent Internet a...read more
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It is a must for employers to monitor all internet use. Here are some reasons why. 1) Customer Impression. If the employee works at a job that deals with customer relations a...read more
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Just so that you know, I am writing this article in my own time, on my own computer, paid for out of my own money. Employees' have a tough time as it is now with so many rule...read more
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by Leigh Goessl
Company networks and computers are company owned and are installed for the purposes of business transactions, and employers have the right to ensure this equipment is being used...read more
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by Lesley Mason
When considering what rights an employer has to monitor their employees' internet usage, we also have to consider the context. For most people their use of the internet will ...read more
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I honestly believe that all employers should be allowed to monitor an employees Internet use, but only to a certain degree. They should be allowed to check what websites the em...read more
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by Michael Wood
I have had occasion to be on both sides of this question. While the computer user likes to think that there computer usage is for them to decide, it is without question the empl...read more
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by Randy Scott
Employers are trying to run a business and make money in doing so. They employ people to do a specific chore that they need to help his business grow. They aren't there to allow...read more
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Different corporations, government agencies, small enterprises, universities, schools, healthcare facilities, all command different internet usage policies for their employees. ...read more
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I believe that employers have every right to monitor empoyee's internet use for several reasons. As long as employees are performing their jobs and using the company internet f...read more
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by Elva Gunter
We all complain about the cost of living going up but do we really consider what makes that cost rise? We are angry that large corporations are out sourcing to India and Mexico...read more
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by mtkiff
They surf porn to Neopets, eBay to YouTube, and MySpace back to porn. Employees rack up hundreds of hits and in many cases hours of time on these sites and more. As you know, ...read more
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by David Norris
When an employee reports to work, they are no longer on their own time. That's not to say that they lose all their rights and should submit to forced labor. But have we come tha...read more
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My answer to the above is yes. I work for a export company where the use of computers with internet connections is widespread. Surfing the net to reach buyers and to check prod...read more
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Considering employers are paying the wages of the employees within their business, it is only to be expected that they would be interested in how their workers are using their t...read more
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by G. Schettino
Employers Should Have The Right To Monitor Employees Internet Use Having the right to do it and actually doing it are two different things though. If I'm at work and I quick...read more
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While I completely agree with privacy advocates, there is a problem with internet usage in companies worldwide. As a human resources administrator in my workplace, I am in char...read more
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I worked in a facility where at one time we had access to the Internet. Having that access only made the temptation more than some could stand, myself included. Eventually it ...read more
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Employer and Employee Privacy Rights and Responsibilities Privacy rights in the workplace are a shared responsibility, accomplished by a thorough dissemination of inform...read more
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Internet usages within a company are the property of the company and therefore open to all scrutiny. No one believes in someone standing over your shoulder all the time, and in ...read more
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Should employers monitor employees' Internet use? Employees are employed by the employers for their office or factory on a fixed salary either on a monthly or a weekly basis ...read more
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by Robert Nform
NO.Employers should not monitor employees'internet use. Monitoring employees' Internet use is like invading those individuals privacy. When an individual is hired to a compa...read more
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by Alison Myers
Employers should not have the right to monitor their employees' Internet use during the work day. Unfortunately, many companies have started this practice which has led to some ...read more
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Employers should not monitor their employees' Internet use. Too many employers seem to use "excessive Internet use" as an excuse for firing employees who work hard and get ...read more
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I don't think it is right that employers should monitor employee's Internet use. Why would an employer want to monitor their employees use of the Internet anyway? I know they ...read more
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by Barry Marcus
Employers are often faced with a difficult choice. Allow free access to the Internet to employees, or monitor usage to prevent abuse - a practice that discourages employees from...read more
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by R Shimoda
Usage of the Internet in the workplace has become more and more common as the years go by. The argument I usually hear to justify this monitoring is there is rampant abuse by t...read more
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by Todd Pheifer
Here is a thought. Why don't you spend some quality time supervising your employee and then you won't have to worry as much about their extracurricular Internet usage? Granted...read more
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Most employers monitor their employees' internet use these days, to some degree or another. In some cases, it seems appropriate, but in most, it is a blatant method of micromana...read more
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About a year ago, I was working for a company that watched everything you did on the internet. This company had it own computer department. These employees fixed and replaced ...read more
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by Writer M
The United States Post office has provided a respected service to the United States of America, respecting peoples' privacy. One great thing about sending mail through the post...read more
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by David Stuart
Although it is possible to monitor employees' Internet use, such monitoring should only take place after employees have shown themselves to be untrustworthy in the work place, a...read more
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I have worked in the "business world" for the past twenty years. Only recently did I feel the scrutiny of having my e-mails read, and yes I feel it is an invasion of my privacy....read more
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by Lily Witt
I do not believe they should be monitored because it evokes a sense of mistrust. If I feel untrusted I am unlikely to have loyalty to my employer. Much like the child who has ...read more
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by John Smith
Let's clear up a bit of confusion right at the start here: The question asked is specifically whether or not employers SHOULD monitor internet use by employees. It is ...read more
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by Brad Mcnally
Many employers choose to monitor what their workers are viewing on the computers at work. The truth is, this is not only wrong, but a violation of many worker's privacy. Employe...read more
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by Helena (Sam)
I have been in the job market for 30 years. I feel they should not monitor their employees. The main reason that I say that is: Before hiring, you should make sure that you chec...read more
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My take on employers monitoring employee Internet use is: GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO AND THEY WON'T BE ONLINE SO MUCH! Idle time makes for Devil's work, so if all an employee has...read more
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by Tonya Wilson
Employers should not monitor employee's Internet use. The reason that I disagree is because it's my belief that an employer should trust their employee. After all, If an employe...read more
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by Chabu Bowler
I am positively appalled by the current number of votes in this matter. The question is not whether or not employers "CAN" monitor their employees' use of the Internet, but w...read more
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