What Is the Current Trend Concerning Monitoring Employee Communications in the Workplace

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is the current trend concerning monitoring employee communications in the workplace?

• A) Few companies are monitoring unacceptable uses of technology by their employees because these abuses are nearly impossible to detect.
• B) Many companies are now monitoring employee communications including phone calls, e-mails, and Internet usage.
• C) The courts have ruled that monitoring employee communications, such as phone calls and e-mails, is unconstitutional.
• D) Fewer companies are monitoring employee communications because its sends a message of a lack of trust.
• E) Companies are cutting back on the number of employees having access to computers in order to limit abuses of the Internet and e-mail.

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