Human Resource Management and Ethic Codes for Monitoring Employees

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What Is an Ethic Code?
According to Dessler (2013), an ethic code is a set of principles governing the conduct or behaviors of an individual or that of a group. These principles are used in making a decision on what and how the behaviors should be. Ethical conducts largely depend on the frame reference of an individual (Dessler, 2013). Dessler (2013) asserts that ethical behaviors are not always legal and legal behaviors sometimes may fail to be ethical. For instance, legalized segregations were once challenged by civil rights movements, which classified such conducts as civil disobedience behaviors (Dessler, 2013). This later resulted in the society changing the ethical and legal attitudes towards discrimination legality.
What Methods Do Firms Use to Monitor Employees and Ensure Their Compliance with Ethic Codes?
Employee monitoring reassures the employers that the employees’ behaviors are in line with the ethic codes outlined by any organization. Employers have a duty to ensure that their workers comply with the set ethic codes. According to Dessler (2013), monitoring improves productivity, protects computers from viruses, detects any leaks of critical information that is confidential and guards against harassment suits and illegal actions that may result from employees’ misuse of information. Monitoring is becoming commonplace in many organizations today. Employers have the right to access employees’ internet screens and read their emails in order to monitor their productivity, including other activities (Dessler, 2013). Usually, employers can monitor the employees’ Internet usage, e-mail act...