Role of Managers in Monitoring Employees.

The issue is whether it is ethical to monitor employees' activities. Not only is it ethical, managers have an obligation to their company to monitor the activities of their employees to ensure compliance with applicable laws and policies. Monitoring may extend to behavior, their adherence to the dress code, the way they greet customers. The need to monitor their electronic activities is equally as great and the reasons are the same. Managers must let employees know that they are being monitored electronically and the reason why. Standards and regulations must be established. The easiest way is to develop and publish a companies policies with regard to the use of computers, the internet, email and voice mail.