Author Question: The consent exception to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act permits ________. A) employees ... (Read 31 times)

Davideckstein7 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The consent exception to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act permits ________.

A) employees to access private employer documents if they have reason to suspect unethical behavior by company agents
B) employers to monitor employee communications if the employees have given informed consent
C) employers to monitor communications if they can show a legitimate business reason for doing so
D) employers to listen to personal employee phone calls if the calls are made on employer time

Question 2

What are the main characteristics of workplace bullying? How can employers and their HR departments reduce bullying incidents in the workplace?

What will be an ideal response?

katkat_flores · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Bullyingsingling out someone to harass and mistreat themis an increasingly serious problem. While definitions of bullying vary, most would agree that bullying involves three things:
Imbalance of Power: people who bully use their power to control or harm and the people being bullied may have a hard time defending themselves,
Intent to Cause Harm: actions done by accident are not bullying; the person bullying has a goal to cause harm,
Repetition: incidents of bullying happen to the same person over and over by the same person or group.
Employers and HR departments must have systems in place to ensure that the company can identify unfair treatment and deal with it expeditiously. This includes having policies in place to monitor employees' use of social media Web sites, developing ethics codes, and establishing an organizational culture that does not tolerate bullying.