Explain the difference between thin and thick consent.
Thick Consent: When
jobs are plentiful and the employee would have no difficulty in finding another
position, then the employee has a realistic alternative if he or she finds a
monitoring policy unacceptable, and consent can be classified as thick.
Thin Consent: When an
employee receives formal notification that the company will be monitoring all
email and Web activity. Either at the time of hire or during employment and is
made clear in that notifications that his or her continued employment with the
company will be dependent on the employee’s agreement to abide by that
monitoring.
Source: Ghillyer_Business Ethics A Real World Approach 2e
