Technology and work ethics

[oktana]

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’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.

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.

[knowngunman]

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?

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.

[indah rezqi]

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?

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.

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.

[Yatsan]

What's your view about this?

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.

[Albarq]

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.

[slapper]

What's your view about this?

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.

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

[Fortify]

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?

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.

[$anounimus$]

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?

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.

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.

[justdimin]

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.

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.

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.

[doomloop]

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.

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.

[TEBTC]

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

[ferida504]

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.

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

[letteredhub]

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’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.

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.

[EarnOnVictor]

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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?

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.

[wxa7115]

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?

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.

[slapper]

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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?

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.

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

[shield132]

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.

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.

[Youngkhngdiddy]

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.

  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.

[Lida93]

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.

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.

[Smartvirus]

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?

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!