Employee Monitoring Con: Carmine Fieo Con: Samuel Heitzer Con: Robert Sagel Pro: Christina Hallock Pro: Tahmid Rashid Pro: Tynisha Snellbaker

Con: Carmine Fieo Should employers closely monitor their employees? NO WAY!

Con: Carmine Fieo Employers should NOT monitor their employees because it can lead to: Invasion of privacy/ sexual harassment Violation of rights and privacy through social media and unethical communication along with increased scrutiny towards collegiate athletes

Con: Carmine Fieo Of the 43% of companies that monitor , 73% use technology tools to automatically monitor e- mail and 40% assign an individual to manually read and review . American Management Association. "The Latest on Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance.” Rev. of 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey. 2 June 2014: n. pag. Web. 10 Oct Latest-on-Workplace-Monitoring-and- Surveillance.aspx Latest-on-Workplace-Monitoring-and- Surveillance.aspx

Con: Carmine Fieo This statistic goes to show just how popular and how realistic the chances are of having your employer’s eyes on you at all times.

Con: Carmine Fieo Invasion of privacy Sexual harassment Employee Monitoring Violation of rights and privacy exposed via Social Media Unfair scrutiny and amongst collegiate athletes Employee Monitoring

Con: Robert Sagel Employee monitoring can lead to a decrease in employee morale. Constant supervision demonstrates a lack of trust. A lack of trust leads to a lower morale amongst employees

Con: Robert Sagel Lower morale can cause an impact on the productivity of employees. Studies show that there is a distinct correlation between a decrease in morale and lower productivity. “Employees who suffer from low morale due to monitoring practices may not feel inclined to give their all in terms of performance.” - “Employees who suffer from low morale due to monitoring practices may not feel inclined to give their all in terms of performance.” -The Advantages and Disadvantages of Workplace Monitoring advantages-and-disadvantages-of-workplace-monitoring /

Con: Robert Sagel Low employee productivity translates to minimal results and inefficiency. Do you want to maximize company success? Don’t employee monitor!