What are the ethical implications of widespread video surveillance?
Employers have the law on their side, since laws have not been created to cover all of the technological advances being implemented by corporations today. Video recording for purposes of monitoring and reviewing employee performance is a fairly recent phenomenon. Of the companies who responded to the AMA Survey 24.7% of general services, 22.2% of public administration, 14.9% of financial services, 13.1% of other non-profits, and 12.3% of manufacturing companies reported using video recording for employee evaluations (AMA 2000). See figure 2 for a chart expressing these percentages by industry. It is scary to think the future of employment will rely on video to determine performance. We often hear the phrase actions speak louder than words yet we still manage have misunderstandings when we have in person interactions. Since CCTV does not use audio, how will employers determine employee performance based on the video? Unfortunately, the use of CCTV for this purpose is so new we do not ha
