Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and Its Effect on Federal Employment
HRM 630 - Week Four Assignment - “Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and its Effect on Federal Employment”
Brian Brillo
National University - HRM 630: Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human
Resource Management
July 29, 2010
Abstract
This paper is an examination of the Privacy Act of 1974, which includes research of the history, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and current trends of the process, and examples of current challenges with the Privacy Act within Federal employment. This paper is influenced by the theories and readings for Week Four of the Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human Resource Management (HRM 630) Course.
The comparisons set forth within this paper will include theories found in Employment Law for Business, Sixth Edition by Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander and Laura P. Hartman. (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2009).
HRM 630 - Week Four Assignment - “Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and its Effect on Federal Employment”
Within both Federal service and the private sector, the privacy of personal and confidential information from disclosure to unauthorized personnel is of great importance, and protects the government, its employees as well as its customers from any liability. Such regard for the safeguarding of such information to protect against potentially expensive consequences is so high, that the Federal Government created the Privacy Act of 1974. However, with the rules and regulations set forth within the Privacy Act, it begs numerous questions, including ‘what is covered’, ‘what constitutes a violation’ or ‘what consequences can occur for such a violation’? As such, this paper will be an examination of the Privacy Act, and will cover the history, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and current trends of the process, as well as examples of current challenges with the process. Pursuant to their chapter entitled, “The Employee’s Right to Privacy and Management of Personal Information”, in the textbook
Brian Brillo
National University - HRM 630: Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human
Resource Management
July 29, 2010
Abstract
This paper is an examination of the Privacy Act of 1974, which includes research of the history, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and current trends of the process, and examples of current challenges with the Privacy Act within Federal employment. This paper is influenced by the theories and readings for Week Four of the Legal, Ethical and Safety Issues in Human Resource Management (HRM 630) Course.
The comparisons set forth within this paper will include theories found in Employment Law for Business, Sixth Edition by Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander and Laura P. Hartman. (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2009).
HRM 630 - Week Four Assignment - “Examination of the Privacy Act of 1974 and its Effect on Federal Employment”
Within both Federal service and the private sector, the privacy of personal and confidential information from disclosure to unauthorized personnel is of great importance, and protects the government, its employees as well as its customers from any liability. Such regard for the safeguarding of such information to protect against potentially expensive consequences is so high, that the Federal Government created the Privacy Act of 1974. However, with the rules and regulations set forth within the Privacy Act, it begs numerous questions, including ‘what is covered’, ‘what constitutes a violation’ or ‘what consequences can occur for such a violation’? As such, this paper will be an examination of the Privacy Act, and will cover the history, relevancy, strengths, weaknesses, and current trends of the process, as well as examples of current challenges with the process. Pursuant to their chapter entitled, “The Employee’s Right to Privacy and Management of Personal Information”, in the textbook
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