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Orlov 1 Anna Orlov Professor Willis English 101 17 March XXXX
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Online Monitoring: A Threat to Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace As the Internet has become an integral tool of businesses, company policies on Internet usage have become as common as policies regarding vacation days or sexual harassment. A 2005 study by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute found that 76% of companies monitor employees’ use of the Web, and the number of companies that block employees’ access to certain Web sites has increased 27% since 2001 (1). Unlike other company rules, however, Internet usage policies often include language authorizing companies to secretly monitor their employees, a practice that raises questions about rights in the
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workplace. Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor employees’ Internet usage—from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity—the benefits of electronic surveillance are outweighed by its costs to employees’ privacy and autonomy. While surveillance of employees is not a new phenomenon, electronic surveillance allows employers to monitor workers with
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unprecedented efficiency. In his book The Naked Employee, Frederick Lane describes offline ways in which employers have been permitted to intrude on employees’ privacy for decades, such as drug testing, background checks, psychological exams, lie detector
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Source: Hacker/Sommers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007). This paper has been updated to follow the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, This paper follows the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Orlov 1 Anna Orlov Professor Willis English 101 17 March XXXX
Title is centered.
Online Monitoring: A Threat to Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace As the Internet has become an integral tool of businesses, company policies on Internet usage have become as common as policies regarding vacation days or sexual harassment. A 2005 study by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute found that 76% of companies monitor employees’ use of the Web, and the number of companies that block employees’ access to certain Web sites has increased 27% since 2001 (1). Unlike other company rules, however, Internet usage policies often include language authorizing companies to secretly monitor their employees, a practice that raises questions about rights in the
Opening sentences provide background for thesis.
Thesis asserts Orlov’s main point.
workplace. Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor employees’ Internet usage—from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity—the benefits of electronic surveillance are outweighed by its costs to employees’ privacy and autonomy. While surveillance of employees is not a new phenomenon, electronic surveillance allows employers to monitor workers with
Summary and long quotation are introduced with a signal phrase naming the author.
unprecedented efficiency. In his book The Naked Employee, Frederick Lane describes offline ways in which employers have been permitted to intrude on employees’ privacy for decades, such as drug testing, background checks, psychological exams, lie detector
Marginal annotations indicate MLA-style formatting and effective writing.
Source: Hacker/Sommers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007). This paper has been updated to follow the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, This paper follows the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Cited: Adams, Scott. Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel. New York: Harper, 2002. Print. Source: Hacker/Sommers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007). Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007). Orlov 8 Verespej, Michael A. “Inappropriate Internet Surfing.” Industry Week. Penton Media, 7 Feb. 2000. Web. 16 Feb. 2006. Source: Hacker/Sommers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011, 2007). Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007).