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Privacy has been a prickly topic at Harvard ever since it was revealed last year that the university had searched the email accounts of some junior faculty members, prompting a major self-examination and promises by the administration to do better.
But this week, that sore spot was poked again. The university acknowledged that as part of a study on attendance at lectures, it had used hidden cameras to photograph classes without telling the professors or the students.
While students and faculty members said that the secret photography was not as serious as looking through people’s email, it struck many of them as out of bounds — or, at least, a little creepy. And it set off more argument about the limits of privacy expectations.
“I wouldn’t call it spying,” as some people have, said Jerry R. Green, a professor of economics and former university provost. “But I don’t think it’s a good thing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/us/secret-cameras-rekindle-privacy-debate-at-harvard.html
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday November 09 2014, @07:18PM
The behavior of corporations is dictated by law.
But it's not solely based on the law. The law rarely has much to say about intimate employee relationships unless it veers into sexual harassment and discrimination. But businesses often have a lot to say about hanky panky on company time and often that is based on ethics rather than how the boss felt that day or what employees the boss happens to like or dislike.