Is it ethical to monitor workplace internet traffic? : Is it ethical to monitor workplace internet traffic?
Statistics : Statistics A recent estimate says 200 million of us will send more than 10 billion e-mails this year, most from the office. But what if we told you that not only does your company has the right to monitor your emails and 60 percent of them do it? (CBS)
The 28% of employers who have fired workers for e-mail misuse did so for the following reasons: violation of any company policy (64%);inappropriate or offensive language (62%); excessive personal use (26%); breach of confidentiality rules (22%); other (12%). (http://www.surveilstar.com/employee-internet-monitoring-research-resources.html)
More Statistics : More Statistics If that's not enough to scare you, 25 percent of those surveyed said they had terminated an employee for inappropriate use of the company's e-mail system. (http://www.surveilstar.com/employee-internet-monitoring-research-resources.html)
Experts say employees who surf the Web from their office PCs are costing Corporate America more than $1 billion a year. And some companies are starting to crack down.(http://www.surveilstar.com/employee-internet-monitoring-research-resources.html)
How do they do it? : How do they do it? Internet monitoring is a large part of IT these days. Some Large corporations have entire departments devoted to monitoring their employee’s internet usage
Content monitoring has turned into a large business. If you good Content monitoring software the list of providers is endless.
Hardware has even been developed to monitor content
Do I have right to privacy : Do I have right to privacy Well yes And no
What the supreme court has to say!
What is being monitored? : What is being monitored? E-mail
Phone Calls
Internet Traffic
Instant message apps
GPS tracking of company cars
Ethical uses of web monitoring : Ethical uses of web monitoring Cost reduction
Providing a comfortable work place.
Upholding the company's ethical values
Unethical uses of web monitoring : Unethical uses of web monitoring Looking for a reason to terminate someone
Viewing person data of the employee that is not relevant to work
When the monitor applies his own skewed set of morals to the content and not the moral of the company.
The time I got busted! : The time I got busted!
When is it ethical to monitor email : When is it ethical to monitor email To reduce the cost of over head
To make sure sensitive information is not being sent out of the company.
To reduce liability of unethical behavior performed by an employee
When is it unethical to monitor e-mail : When is it unethical to monitor e-mail For person gain
When looking to terminate someone
When e-mail monitoring is not warranted
Who is watching the watchers? : Who is watching the watchers? Can a Info Security guy target me if I make him mad?
Keys to an ethical monitoring system : Keys to an ethical monitoring system Informed users!
HR’s approval for different levels of monitoring
ISO standards
Conclusion : Conclusion Internet monitoring is a necessity
Internet monitoring should not be exsploited!
Farewell : Farewell GOOD BYE