Are You Big Brother?

Management Guidelines
Risk Management

There are many unpleasant tasks in life and work. Monitoring employee behavior is one of those unpleasant tasks. Management has to take a strong role in insuring that liability does not come the company's way, i.e., Risk Management. New regulations hold management responsible for employee behavior which can cause the company to be subject to monetary loss, criminal charges, and civil lawsuits. The buck stops here.

Most of us don't want to be Big Brother. We don't like the idea of "spying" on our employees. We don't like the taste of infringing on someone's privacy because we value our own. However, what you don't know will hurt you and may hurt you in a court of law. Fortunately technology has made our job a lot easier.

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