6.7 PRIVACY IN THE WORKPLACE
Privacy is a surprisingly obscure and disputed value in contemporary society. With the tremendous increase in computer technology, calls for greater protection of privacy have increased in recent decades. Yet there the widespread disagreement concerning the nature, extent, and value of privacy. Few western countries, for example, ac knowledge a legal right to privacy as recognized within the United States. Even within the United State, there is significant disagreement about privacy. The U.S. Constitution, for example, makes no mention of right to privacy and major Supreme Court decisions that have relied on a fundamental right to privacy, Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade, remain highly contentious and controversial.