Series which explores how changes in communication and information technologies are encroaching upon the individuals right to privacy.|COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE : ELYSIUM OR PANOPTICON? / Alan F. Westin| produced by Gregg McVicar. SERIES: Computers, freedom, and privacy| no. 8 Series which explores how changes in communication and information technologies are encroaching upon the individuals right to privacy. CONTENT: Panel discussion on how computer technology provides new opportunities for employee communication as well as for employee surveillance. They explore how these competing interests should be weighed, right of employee privacy at the workplace, and the fundamental ethical issues. Panel is comprised of Alan F. Westin, Chair, Columbia University| Gary Marx, MIT| Willis H. Ware, RAND Corporation| Kristina Zahrik, Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, United States Senate Labor Committee. BROADCAST: Satellite, Summer 1992.
Panel discussion on how computer technology provides new opportunities for employee communication as well as for employee surveillance. They explore how these competing interests should be weighed, right of employee privacy at the workplace, and the fundamental ethical issues.