Essentials of Contemporary Management 7th Edition by Gareth Jones,Jennifer George

Exercise 15

In organizations today, employees often take advantage of their company's information systems. Email abuse is increasing, and so is the amount of time employees spend surfing the Internet on company time. Indeed, statistics suggest that approximately 70% of the total amount of time spent surfing the Internet is company time.
Some companies keep track of the way their employees use IT and the Internet. Is it ethical for managers to read employees' private email or to record the sites that employees visit on the World Wide Web?