Class Discussion 9/27/07

Reference: USATODAY http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2005-05-27-tech-privacy_x.htm viewed on 9/27/07

Summary: The article interviews a person who in charge of the privacy of George Washington University Law School. He discusses how at work employees' rights are more limited than if they were at home. It discusses how perusing the internet to view porn violates sexual harassment codes in companies and how on-line shopping, although varies from each company, should be done from home. He says that the bosses of companies can view what ever they want on employee's computers who work for them.

Reaction: Although I don't completely agree with the amount of restriction companies put on their employees I can understand why they do it. Time spent on the computer at work should be used doing work for the company. Something I noticed was he never touched on that ideology, dealing with work time should be spent working. An argument I see against it is that some people get done with their work earlier and don't have anything lined up for them for the rest of the day and people who are on a salary it doesn't really matter all that much if they leave early or not since they don't have to punch out. But I see it as there will always be a problem with employees wanting more liberties and employers want to limit their liberties.