Arguments against my position: Employers Should be allowed to lok at
the public social media accounts
Argument #1- social media is personal and has nothing to with how
well the employee can do the job. It violates rights.
"By creating policies that oversee technology employers can be in
violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)"(Hearing &
Patenaude 2016 p. 57)
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released several memoranda
explaining that employers violate the NLRA by implementing policies
that "would reasonably tend to chill employees in the exercise of
their rights" (Hearing & Patenaude 2016, p. 57)
Argument #2- The employee is off the clock and they shouldn't be
monitored for what they do in their personal time
According to a Deloitte survey, 63% of 18-34 year olds did not think
that social media information is any of their employers business. It
can be expected that a similar percentage would think the same about
a potential employer. (Lam 2016)
It is an ethical issue that employers look at the social media of
employees. The sites are not intended for the purpose of job
applicants and the employer doesn't have consent most of the time
(Sameen & Cornelius 2015).
Sources
Hearing, G.
A., & Patenaude, J. L.
(2016). The Times Are Still a Changin’: Technology’s Continued Impact on Labor and Employment Law. Florida
Bar Journal, 90(1), 57–60.
Lam, H. (2016).
Social media dilemmas in
the employment context. Employee
Relations, 38(3), 420-437.
doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.adelphi.edu/10.1108/ER-04-2015-0072
Sameen, S.,
& Cornelius, S. (2015).
Social networking sites and hiring: How social mediaprofiles influence hiring decisions. Journal
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