Monitoring in the workplace Computer Monitoring is generally intended to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace, however, all good intentions are followed by the opportunity for abuse by employers and employees alike. An example of both can be found in an article taken from The Futurist. Kristen Bell De Tienne's composition "Big Brother or Friendly Giant: Computer Monitoring in the 21st Century" is an outlook into to what the future may hold in the …showed first 75 words of 465 total…

…showed last 75 words of 465 total…will choose to monitor in a beneficial way, Legilstaion will be needed to protect employees from thos who abuse the monitoring syste,. Legistaltion has the potential to halp employees with isuues of better treatment and the right to privacy (DiTienne 465). Bibliography DeTienne, Kristen Bell. "Big Brother or Friendly Coach: Computer Monitoring in the 21st Century" Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Ed Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen New York. Addison Wesley Longhorn, Inc. 1997 461-466