Monitoring employees on networks; unethical or good business

Should managers monitor employee email and internet usage?why or why not?

Managers should monitor employees email and internet usage during work time.Employees are paid to work.They have a common goal to maximize company’s wealth.Anything beyond this goal should not be done during work hours.

            If employee is caught doing illegal activities onine while they are working the company will be sued.It is wasting company’s resources on unnecessary dispute.

            Monitoring employee email and internet usage may temporarily reduce employee’s morale.They  will not feel free when they use computer.As the time goes by,they may get used to it.The rule will guide they act properly online when they are working.In the long run,it helps company to conduct business efficiency and effectively.Surely company’s resources is working for generate revenue.

Describe an effective email and web use policy for a company.

An effective email and web use policy should include clear guide line what action is permitted and what is not,such as racist and sexually explicit has to be banned.Any employee step inside the banned are could be fired immediately.Also,managers could make the policy flexible.They could allow employee doing non work related legal online surfing and email during break time and lunch time with limited speed load.If they occupied too much speed load,the regular online traffic will be blocked which could damage both hardware and software on company’s server.

            Since the policy is adopted,everyone in the company should work based on it,even include managers because employee will not be convinced if they see their boss does personal activities online during work time.

            Furthermore,everyone’s online activities should be kept in privacy as long as it is legal.Managers do not have the right to ask employee what they do online during break time and lunch hour.

            Also company has the responsibility to maintain the hardware and software which block spam because it could cause employees read non work related information from their email box and hardly to find a legitimate email among hundreds spam.

Should managers inform employees that their web behavior is being monitored?Or should managers monitor secretly.Why or Why not?

In my opinion,managers should inform employees that their web behavior is being monitored.This can avoid employees to use computer for other purpose.Abuse of company resources can be avoid.

            Avoiding employee using their personal business,they will more concentrate on working during their working hours.

            Furthermore,it also can protect the company is secret and important of document.This case is specially for these secret spy of other agencies so that no employee dare to steal information from company.It helps to protect company privacy.