Trust and monitoring in the workplace

Successful living in groups or in relationships requires some trust. In this paper, the idea of trust is explored and an account is given in terms of "seeing as". While trust is perhaps not a moral notion, it is closely related to important moral notions, e.g. trustworthiness (obviously), and respect for others. It is difficult to have a well-functioning and happy community or workplace without a high level of trust. It is also difficult to have a high level of self-respect without the trust of others, and lack of trust in others indicates lack of respect for others. This discussion of trust is applied to workplace monitoring of employees.