The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #124791   Message #2759733
Posted By: Ruth Archer
04-Nov-09 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: Searching Staff....Is this right?
Subject: RE: Searching Staff....Is this right?
I'm surprised to see you advocating paternalism, Lizzie, given that you are normally so opposed to being controlled by the standards and conventions of others and the parameters set by employers. People like Rowntree and Cadbury exercised a profound degree of control over their employees, requiring that they adhere to strict codes of moral and social conduct. If you went to the pub, or didn't go to church, you could get sacked - and that's you and your family out of a home as well. Should employers have that level of control over their employees' personal lives?