Position 2: Employers Should Monitor Employees

In an article titled "Monitoring employees: Eyes in the workplace", surveys show that the majority of employers watche their employees' activity on the Internet. A survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) showed that seventy-four percent of human-resources professionals say they monitor Internet usage at their workplace; 72% check on employees' e-mail, and 51% said they review phone calls.

In another poll taken, human re...