Ethical Issues and Employees

Ethical Issues Regarding the use of RFID

Ventron United sent out a memo to all their employees that they would be required to carry (Radio Frequency Identification), and the chips will be inserted into their left or right hands. The company believes that the RFID will allow employees to open doors, log on computers and use a computer. Moreover, the company also reveals that the RIFD will assist them monitoring their high-level security equipment because the company has experienced a break in recently. While Ventron United can realize some benefits by inserting the RFID on the hands of the employees, I believe this policy raises the ethical and health issues.

The objective of this paper is to discuss the ethical and health issues related to the use of RFID by employees.

Ethical Issues related to Inserting RFID on Employees Hands

This paper is in the response of the RFID chips that Ventron United is trying to implant into employees' hands. After doing some research about the ethical and health dilemma surrounding the use of RFID on humans, I believe that the use of the RFID is not desirous because implanting the RFID devices in human skins can raise the chance of infections on employees. Moreover, the company is open the doors for potential long-term heath issues or litigations if these devices are cleared for use.

In the contemporary business environment, the RFID tags are used to track inventory, shopping trends and stolen items. However, the ethical issues come into play when a company decides to use RFID for a human. In the memo sent to employees requiring all employees to have RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) inserted into their right hand or left hand. I believe that the decision made by the company is tantamount to intrusion to privacy. While the company argues that the use of RFID will assist employees to open doors, log on computers and use a computer, nevertheless, the tags will make the company to monitor the employee activities as well as collecting their private information. One of the big problems about the RFID is that the company can remotely monitor employees whenever they are if the RFID is inserted into their hands. There are even issues where some people use the private information collected to blackmail the victims. By mandating employees to wear RFID devices, I believe that physical privacy and informational privacy of employees can be compromised. Even at home when employees are supposed to enjoy a reasonable level of privacy, they can be tracked. (Kelly, & Scott, 2007). Ostensibly, by mandating all employee to insert the RFID chips into their skin, this is a gross violation of human rights and violation of the right to privacy. While the management provides benefits that they will derive from inserting the RFID in the hand of employees, they do not provide the risks that employee will face from using the RFID. AMA (American Medical Association) believes that the use of RFID on patients can compromise patients' privacy, and AMA cannot guarantee that personal information stored in the RFID can be adequately protected. (Bacheldor, 2016).

If the company is concerned about the security of their computers or other devices, I believe the management can use other options to secure the areas rather than inserting RFID into the hand of employees. For example, the company can use retina scanners, fingerprint scanner, or voice recognition software that can be used to access the secured areas.