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In recent years, new and more intrusive surveillance technology has found its way into workplaces. New medical tests provide detailed information about workers' biology that was previously unthinkable. An increasing number of employees work under camera surveillance. At the same time, computers allow for a detailed monitoring of our interactions with machines, and all this information can be electronically stored in an easily accessible format. What is happening in our workplaces? Has the trend towards more humane workplaces been broken? From an ethical point of view, which types and degrees of surveillance are acceptable, and which are not? From a policy point of view, what methods can be used to regulate the use of surveillance technology in workplaces?
These are some of the questions that have driven the research reported in this book. Written by an interdisciplinary group of researchers in Computer Ethics, Medical Ethics and Moral Philosophy, this book provides a broad overview that covers both empirical and normative aspects of workplace privacy.
List of contents
Contents: Sven Ove Hansson/Elin Palm: Introduction: New Technologies - New Ethical Challenges - Gerard de Vries: Genetic Screening at Work. Risk and Responsibility in the Era of Predictive Medicine - Marja Sorsa/Karel Van Damme: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Aspects of Genetic Testing at Work - Simon Rogerson/Mary Prior: New Monitoring and Surveillance Technology - Colin Bennett: Surveillance, Employment and Location. Regulating the Privacy of Mobile Workers in the Mobile Workplace - Philip Brey: The Importance of Workplace Privacy - Sven Ove Hansson: Privacy, Discrimination, and Inequality in the Workplace - Anders J. Persson: Applying Ethical Criteria for Privacy - Elin Palm: The Dimensions of Privacy - Sven Ove Hansson/Elin Palm: Conclusion.
About the author
The Editors: Sven Ove Hansson is professor of Philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He is also a member of the Swedish government¿s advisory board of researchers. He is editor-in-chief of the peer-review journal Theoria. His research is currently focused on the philosophy of risk value theory, and applied ethics.
Elin Palm is a Ph.D. student at the Division of Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology. Her field of research is Applied Ethics and her primary focus is on ethical implications of workplace-related surveillance technology.
