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Board Economics
Re: Technology and work ethics
by
ancafe
on 08/04/2024, 18:11:44 UTC
But then, the issue of workers' privacy and management compliance with work ethics has been of serious concern, and to a very large extent, it always appears as though most management has always used technology to the disadvantage of her staff. You find situations where CCTV cameras are mounted in most offices and privacy is denied to its peak. Most PCs used by staff are always under serious surveillance and sometimes, staff's don't even have a single knowledge that they are being monitored, and whenever they get a bit flimsy, their job is threatened.
Management must be selective in selecting workers and they must be tested when initially applying for the job. Get to know workers' skills and place them in decent jobs so they can work well. Increasing worker productivity must be seen to the extent to which they get incentives from workers, but this does not mean they will become reliable workers because of incentive issues. Installing CCTV to monitor work is not a solution because they will try to be two-faced while working, but they must be given freedom and control in a more elegant way.

CCTV actually functions not to monitor workers but for the security side because if management uses CCTV to monitor workers it is not a good decision. It is more important to control workers in other ways than using CCTV because comfort and privacy are also very important for workers. CCTV is only one part of monitoring, but it is not fully used for this purpose because there are other, much better methods.