Scan the online brochures of companies who sell workplace monitoring tech and you’d think the average American worker was a renegade poised to take their employer down at the next opportunity. “Nearly ...

Employee monitoring tools can be used to increase efficiency and productivity, but they can also be used in ways that feel unethical — such as deciding who gets laid off. Employee monitoring software, ...

Employers are increasingly using wellbeing‑monitoring tools to track the digital activity of employees, particularly in the financial services sector. This rise in so-called “bossware” raises concerns ...

Employee monitoring is generally liked by employers and disliked by employees. However, there are approaches that can minimize potential concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 14. About 71% ...

Microsoft's new "Workspace Check-in" feature for Teams rolled out last month.

On January 11, 2026, Maine enacted “An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers,” which imposes new notice and monitoring restrictions on employers’ electronic surveillance of ...

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work — such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence, and so on — researchers in the field ...

I’m in the second semester of teaching an undergraduate class in ethics, with a focus on use of AI tools, and I am both hopeful and skeptical that AI tools can be used beneficially in most contexts.