Electronic Surveillance of Employees
Dana Cross
LEG 500*023016
October 25, 2010
Dr. C. Phil Campos

Abstract
It has just been discovered that Herman Hays, the owner of a car dealership, has been eavesdropping on his employees from his office. Tony Sulka, a salesman, was attempting to sale Ms. Drummand a car one afternoon. His sales skills were a little unorthodox which led Ms. Drummand to be confused about her soon to be purchase. Tony oversold the value of the car by potentially misleading Ms. Drummand to purchase a vehicle that literally did not exist. Tony was however just pulling Ms. Drummand’s leg and eventually came clean about the vehicle but not before Mr. Hays came out his office to reprimand him for his behavior. Tony’s fellow co-worker, Shelly Rice was curious to know how Herman overheard Tony’s conversation. She followed Herman into his office and saw that he was wearing a headset. To Herman’s surprise Shelly interrupted and caught him red handed eavesdropping on conversations taking place on the sales floor. Shelly voiced her opinion about Herman’s antics and told him that she could not work in a place where her privacy was invaded. She then left Herman to ponder whether eavesdropping on his employees was wrong or right. Employee Surveillance will be discussed in the pages that follow to determine and discuss both sides from the perspective of the employer and employee.

1. Explain where an employee can reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace.
Employees cannot reasonably expect to have privacy in the workplace, not exclusively. With all the technological advances today and its entrusted use by employees, employees must expect for their privacy to be invaded. In the workplace there is no such thing as privacy. The workplace itself is not private. There is valuable information exchanged between customers, vendors and personnel that must be safeguarded and audited in some fashion otherwise you will have a potential disaster. Customers want to know that the companies in which they do business are properly handling their information and that they are trustworthy. Businesses and workplaces have a duty to protect their customers, employees and themselves. For example, privacy issues could have reputational damages for a company which therefore could lead to a decrease in business, which in turn could cause them to downsize or fall apart all together. There is a trickle down affect when transactions are not handled properly and businesses are not held responsible.  
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