MLA Annotated Bibliography (Orlov)

Anna 0rlov
roessor willis
Lnglish 101
3 Harch XXXX
0nline HoniLoring: A JhreaL Lo Lnployee
rivacy in Lhe wired workplace:
An AnnoLaLed 8ibliography
Adans, ScoLL. $ILBERT AND THE 7AY OF THE 7EASEL. hew York: arper,
2002. rinL.
Adans's 0ilberL" carLoons are known or saLirizing
everyday workplace issues. Jhe carLoon on page 106 illusLraLes
how ranpanL InLerneL use in Lhe workplace has becone
and suggesLs LhaL boLh enployers and enployees are well
aware o Lhe pracLice. Jhe carLoon poinLs ouL Lhe diiculLy
enployers ace in Lrying Lo resLricL enployee InLerneL use.
Anerican HanagenenL AssociaLion and eolicy InsLiLuLe. 2005
LlecLronic HoniLoring and Surveillance Survey." !MERICAN
-ANAGEMENT !SSOCIATION. Aner. HanagenenL Assn., 2005.
web. 15 Ieb. 2006.
According Lo Lhe survey o workplace InLerneL use
sunnarized in Lhis arLicle, enployers are nosL concerned
abouL enployees visiLing inappropriaLe web siLes. owever,
enployers' noniLoring o enployees exLends beyond blocking
cerLain web siLes. Hany enployers who parLicipaLed in Lhe
sLudy also Lrack individual keysLrokes and review e-nails. Jhe
sLudy suggesLs LhaL Lhe najoriLy o enployers who noniLor
InLerneL use are Lelling Lheir enployees LhaL Lhey are being
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Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
This paper has been updated to follow the style guidelines in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,
7th ed. (2009).
Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
noniLored. Jhese indings seen Lo conLradicL nany o ny
oLher sources, which clain LhaL enployers are noL doing
enough Lo explain InLerneL noniLoring Lo Lheir enployees.
AuLonaLically Record LveryLhing Jhey 0o 0nline! SpecLor ro 5.0
IA0's." .ETBUSORG. heLbus.org, n.d. web. 17 Ieb. 2006.
SpecLor ro is a Lype o InLerneL surveillance progran.
Jhis web page, sponsored by Lhe nanuacLurer o Lhe producL,
explains Lhe uncLionaliLy o Lhe soLware and describes iLs
eaLures. IL can be insLalled on a varieLy o conpuLers and
can be insLalled in SLealLh" node so LhaL Lhe user cannoL
deLecL Lhe soLware on his or her conpuLer. Jhe progran can
also noniLor all conpuLer use ranging ron word docunenLs
Lo web siLes. Jhis source supporLs ny oLher sources by
illusLraLing Lhe ease wiLh which Lhis kind o soLware can be
insLalled as well as Lhe exLensive anounL o inornaLion iL
can gaLher or enployers.
Ilynn, hancy. InLerneL olicies." E0OLICY )NSTITUTE. eolicy InsL.,
n.d. web. 15 Ieb. 2006.
Jhis excerpL ron Ilynn's 4HE E0OLICY (ANDBOOK oers
sLaLisLics on enployee InLerneL use and ive suggesLions or
nininizing iL. Ilynn clains LhaL Lhe najoriLy o enployees in
Lhe bniLed SLaLes are using conpany Line Lo sur Lhe InLerneL
and LhaL conpanies are suering huge inancial losses as a
resulL. er suggesLions or nininizing personal InLerneL use
include esLablishing a conpany InLerneL policy and insLalling
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noniLoring soLware. Jhis is consisLenL wiLh Lhe suggesLions
o nany oLher sources.
Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
Irauenhein, Ld. SLop Reading Jhis eadline and CeL 8ack Lo
work." #.%4 .EWSCOM. ChLJ heLworks, 11 July 2005. web.
17 Ieb. 2006.
Jhe auLhor exanines Lhe resulLs o a sLudy o Len
Lhousand enployees conducLed by !MERICA /NLINE and
3ALARYCOM, which ound LhaL Lhe InLerneL was Lhe nosL
popular neans o wasLing Line aL work. Irauenhein noLes
LhaL Lhe exLra Line spenL suring Lhe InLerneL is cosLing
conpanies an esLinaLed $759 billion a year buL also quoLes
Lhe senior vice presidenL aL 3ALARYCOM and a direcLor aL
!MERICA /NLINE, who argue LhaL enployee InLerneL use
acLually increases producLiviLy and creaLiviLy in Lhe
workplace. Irauenhein suggesLs LhaL Lhe increase in personal
InLerneL use aL work nighL resulL ron a longer average
workday and LhaL use o Lhe InLerneL has nade enployees
nore eicienL, giving Lhen nore ree Line Lo wasLe.
Consalves, Chris. wasLing Away on Lhe web." E7EEKCOM. Zi
0avis LnLerprise oldings, 8 Aug. 2005. web. 16 Ieb. 2006.
In Lhis ediLorial, Consalves considers Lhe inplicaLions o
several surveys, including one in which 617 o respondenLs
said LhaL Lheir conpanies had Lhe righL Lo spy on Lhen. Jhe
auLhor agrees wiLh Lhis najoriLy, claining LhaL iL's ine i his
conpany chooses Lo noniLor hin as long as Lhe conpany
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discloses iLs noniLoring pracLices. e adds LhaL he would
preer noL Lo know Lhe exLenL o Lhe noniLoring. Jhis arLicle,
Lhough noL enLirely objecLive, oers an enployee's
perspecLive on InLerneL surveillance in Lhe workplace. IL also
Summary |s
fo||owed by a
ba|anced eva|uat|on
of the source.
Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
conLradicLs sone o ny oLher sources, which clain LhaL
enployees wanL Lo know and should know all Lhe deLails o
Lheir conpany's noniLoring procedures.
Kesan, Jay . Cyber-working or Cyber-Shirking: A IirsL rinciples
LxaninaLion o LlecLronic rivacy in Lhe workplace." &LORIDA
,AW 2EVIEW 54.2 (2002): 289-332. rinL.
Jhis exLensive, balanced arLicle exanines Lhe legal
issues involved in InLerneL noniLoring and enployee privacy.
Kesan esLablishes LhaL bS wriLLen law and connon law do noL
guaranLee a righL Lo elecLronic privacy in Lhe workplace. e
suggesLs LhaL InLerneL policies should be addressed Lhrough
a narkeL-based" conLracLual approach LhaL would beneiL
boLh enployers and enployees. Kesan exanines enployee
concerns, such as a working parenL's desire Lo check on his or
her children while aL work, and enployer concerns, such as
legal liabiliLy or inappropriaLe enployee InLerneL use. e
concludes LhaL a conpany should develop an InLerneL policy,
nake LhaL policy known Lo all enployees, and Lhen noniLor
enployees Lo ensure LhaL Lhe policy is being ollowed.
Lane, Irederick S., III. 4HE .AKED %MPLOYEE (OW 4ECHNOLOGY
)S #OMPROMISING 7ORKPLACE 0RIVACY. hew York: Aner.
HanagenenL Assn., 2003. rinL.
Lane's book discusses Lhe lack o enployee privacy
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in Lhe nodern workplace. Jhe auLhor acknowledges LhaL
enployers have several reasons Lo be concerned abouL enployee
InLerneL use, such as LheL, a decrease in producLiviLy, and
workplace lawsuiLs. AL Lhe sane Line, however, he quesLions
Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
where enployers will draw Lhe line as Lechnology becones
beLLer and beLLer aL Lracking an enployee's every nove.
Jhis book is accessible and draws ron a varieLy o sources,
iL conirns Lhe inornaLion provided by ny oLher sources.
Jan, ui-wing, eL al. Snooping L-Hail by SoLware Is how a
workplace horn." 7ALL 3TREET *OURNAL 9 Har. 2005: 81. rinL.
Jhe auLhors poinL ouL LhaL in every sLaLe excepL
ConnecLicuL and 0elaware, conpanies can legally noniLor
enployee e-nail wiLhouL noLiying enployees and can also use
e-nails as evidence in lawsuiLs againsL enployees. According
Lo Lhe arLicle, only 277 o conpanies noniLor enployee-Lo-
enployee e-nails, alLhough Lhese e-nails are poLenLially Lhe
nosL incrininaLing, since enployees are less likely Lo censor
Lhenselves wiLh oLher enployees. Jhe arLicle also explores
Lhe neans by which conpanies now noniLor enployee e-nail,
such as soLware LhaL searches noL only or inappropriaLe
words buL also or words speciic Lo Lhe indusLry and even
Lhe conpany. AlLhough Lhe arLicle is narrowly ocused, iL
oers a good overview o currenL pracLices regarding e-nail
noniLoring in Lhe workplace.
Jynan, 0aniel. Your 8oss Is waLching." 0# 7ORLD. C world
ConnunicaLions, 6 0cL. 2004. web. 17 SepL. 2006.
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Jhis conversaLional arLicle presenLs Len nyLhs abouL
enployee InLerneL and conpuLer noniLoring and reveals how
wrong Lhey are. AlLhough several o Lhe nyLhs" are discussed
nore exLensively in ny oLher sources, Jynan presenLs sone
new inornaLion. Ior exanple, he sLaLes LhaL sone enployers
Source: Diana Hacker (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007).
noniLor enployee webnail accounLs in addiLion Lo conpany
e-nail accounLs. erhaps nosL inporLanL, Lhe arLicle gives a
sense o how unaware nosL enployees are abouL Lhe currenL
capabiliLies o enployee InLerneL noniLoring and abouL Lheir
own lack o legal proLecLion ron enployers who noniLor
Lhen.
Verespej, Hichael A. InappropriaLe InLerneL Suring." )NDUSTRY
7EEK. enLon Hedia, 7 Ieb. 2000. web. 16 Ieb. 2006.
bnlike nosL o ny oLher sources, Lhis arLicle is ained
aL enployers and suggesLs LhaL Lhey need Lo do nore Lo
esLablish InLerneL policies and noniLor enployees. Verespej
warns LhaL i enployers do noL esLablish InLerneL policies,
Lhey leave Lhenselves vulnerable Lo expensive and
danaging lawsuiLs, such as suiLs based on inappropriaLe or
discrininaLory e-nails disLribuLed in Lhe workplace. e oers
several exanples Lo back up his clain LhaL enployers are
nore aL risk Lhan enployees ron lawsuiLs. Jhis seens Lo
conLradicL Lhe inornaLion in ny oLher sources, which presenL
Lhe risks nosLly in Lerns o enployees' privacy.
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