Ethical Considerations Involved in Employers Term Paper

Electronic performance monitoring most often brings up concerns of invasion of privacy, however, there are ways that organizations can stem that concern. Clear communication of the monitoring policy, as well as participation in the formation of the monitoring policy should significant impact on the perceived invasion of the privacy, and as such should be taken into consideration by all organizations that have a cyber surveillance policy in place.

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Means, Standard Deviations, Zero-Order Correlations, and Scale Reliabilities (N = 206)

Variable M. SD 1-2-3 4

1. Relevancea 0.49 0.50

2. Participationa 0.50 0.50 -.01 3. Consistencya 0.50 0.50 -.02.00 4. Invasion of Privacy 3.73 1.67 -.49** -.14* -.01 (.96) Note. Alpha reliabilities for relevant scales are in parentheses. Relevance, participation and consistency refer to the manipulated variables, dummy coded as 0 = lower levels and 1 = higher levels of the respective variables. 05 ** p <.01 (Alge, 2001) References Alge, B. (1 Aug 2001). Effects of computer surveillance on perceptions of privacy and procedural justice. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86 (4). Retrieved October 25, 2004, from InfoTrac OneFile database. Goldsborough, R. (Sept 1999)......