Electronic Monitoring Vs Health Concerns

Title	Electronic Monitoring Vs Health Concerns
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Electronic Monitoring vs. Health Concerns

Electronic Monitoring vs. Health Concerns

     Is privacy and electronic monitoring in the work place an issue that is
becoming a problem?  More and more employees are being monitored today then ever
before and the companies that do it aren't letting off.  While electronic
monitoring in the work place may be the cause of increased stress levels and
tension, the benefits far exceed the harm that it may cause.
     Employees don't realize how often electronic monitoring happens in their
work place.  An estimated twenty million Americans are subjected to monitoring
in their work place, commonly in the form of phone monitoring, E-mail searches,
and searching through the files on their hard drive (Paranoid 435).  A poll by
MacWorld states that over twenty-one percent of all employees are monitored at
work, and the larger the company, the higher the percentage (Privacy 445).
Unaware of this electronic monitoring, most employees often are not working at
their peak performance due to this type of scrutiny.
     The majority of Americans believe that electronic monitoring should not
be allowed.  Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis states that of all of the
freedoms that Americans enjoy, privacy "is the right most valued by civilized
men (Privacy 441)."  A poll taken by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman for Time, states
that ninety-five percent of Americans believe that electronic monitoring should
not be allowed (Privacy 444).  Harriet Ternipsede, who is a travel agent, gave a
lengthy testimonial on how electronic monitoring at her job caused her undue
stress and several health problems including muscle aches, mental confusion,
weakened eyesight, severe sleep disturbance, nausea, and exhaustion.  Ternipsede
was later diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (Electronic
446).    A study done by the University of Wisconsin found that eighty-seven
percent of employees subjected to electronic monitoring suffered from higher
stress levels and increased tension while only sixty-seven percent of those
employees that were not ...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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