She Snoops to Conquer: Surveillance and the Right to Privacy

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Recommended: Legal consequences of employee theft

Employers these days are becoming more and more concerned about employee theft and are making sure that they minimize these kinds of activities by using sophisticated and high-tech devices. However, it is essential to be honest about the actions and it is equally important to provide privacy in any kind of workspace. In case 9.3, Jean Fanuchi is a manager of a shopping mall in jewelry department. Since there were many recent incidents of theft and shoplifting, she decided to install hidden cameras and microphones without her employees knowledge. Since Jean Fanuchi invaded her employee’s privacy and dignity by doing something without letting them know, Jean Fanuchi acted immorally.

According to Shaw, a costume jewelry department had a large amount of shrinkage from last three consecutive months (pg. 376), which made the department manager - Jean Fanuchi - worried. Since Jean found no evidence of damages or improper handling, she assumed there had been in house theft by employees. As a result, she decides to install hidden cameras and microphones without letting the employees know about it. Even though they had no success catching the thief of the jewelry department with the help of installed cameras and microphones, they successfully catched employees who were selling marijuana, planning to quit without notice, and getting fake food stamps (pg. 377).

If I were an employee working in this jewelry department and if someone tells me that I am being watched secretly with hidden cameras without my consent, then I would probably get offended because I would feel that this store does not trust my honesty. Similarly, If I were in place of Jean Fanuchi, I would not want my employees being monitored without his or her consent. ...

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...n our US constitution, “the forth amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure by the government, both state and federal”(Thomas, 2008, page 122). If an employee finds out that he or she is being monitored with hidden camera, then he can sue Jean Fanuchi and claim with a case of invasion of privacy because privacy is a citizen’s right to have in any kind of workspace according to our constitution.

Another reason Jean can be held liable for is for the extra information she gathered during the surveillance.

Works Cited

Dillon, Thomas, Arthur Hamilton, Daphyne Thomas, and Mark Usry. "The Importance of Communicating Workplace Privacy Policies." Employee Responsibilities & Rights Journal, 20.2 (2008): 119-139.

Hertenstein, Edward. "Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: How Arbitrators Have Ruled." Dispute Resolution Journal, 52.4 (1997): 36.

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