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[ID#] 10 [Author(s)] Dr David Rossin; Simon Reilly [Abstract] The rising tide of Employee Monitoring (EM) software can be regarded as yet another means of �keeping watch� over people through surveillance in the workplace. Could this be part of a growing trend to shed doubt and suspicion on fellow workers in terms of their performance at work? According to recent evidence, about one in four large companies systematically monitor their employees. Does this suggest that our working lives are controlled by new kind of Orwellian �Big Brother�? This paper examines the impact of EM software at work. Although it would appear that the use of such software could bring about dystopian consequences, it is argued that, it is not so much the technology itself but how we use the technology for good or for ill, that determines the outcomes of our working (and personal) lives. Although we must be wary of the more intrusive forms of software surveillance, the author puts forward an alternative �world view� based on the notion of a �Human-Centred Organisation�. In striving towards creating such an organisation, where personal privacy, autonomy and human dignity are paramount, the concept of surveillance takes on new meanings. Kant�s philosophy of treating people always as ends and never merely as means is examined in this light. [Title] 
The Rising Tide of Employee Monitoring Software: Should we be Concerned?
UKAIS 2003: Abstracts
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