60. “Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees’ health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees’ permission.”
This statement actually consists two claims: (1) employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees' health without permission, and (2) they should also have no right to obtain the employee's other aspects of their personal lives without permission. I concede that in most cases, employers have no rights to obtain their employees' personal lives. However, if it is necessary to know the employees' health status depends on different fields of work.
First of all, whether an employer should obtain his employees' health condition depends on the industry they are in. A food related worker should pass severe health exam and keep health, while an accountant could keep health condition secret. A doctor should keep health while a machine operator could keep health condition secret. A waiter who contacts many people a day should keep health for the safety of his customers, while a artisan who works alone could keep health condition secret.
Second, whether other aspects of employees' personal lives can be obtained by the employer without permission also depends on different conditions. As for most people, it is their own rights to keep their personal lives secret, and the employer has no right to obtain information about them. But there are also some exceptions. It is hard for a president of a country, like Bill Clinton, who is a popular person, to conceal their personal lives. Film stars or famous singers are always the focus of mass media. If the employer does not know their personal lives earlier than the mass media, it is possible that some negative news could do harm to the stars, to the company, and even to the society. So in this case, employers should know something about employees' personal life.
However, people' rights of privacy are concerned more and more. In most cases, the employer should respect employees' rights of privacy, because it is not only a requirement of moral, but also a requirement of some laws.
On balance, we can safely reach the conclusion that whether it is necessary for employers to know their employees' health or other aspects of their personal lives is a complicated depends on different conditions. When making such decision, an employer should make a comprehensive analysis between human rights and social benefits.
还有一个关于issue的问题,我按照新东方老师的说法,都是把一些问题depends on what分开来写,但是这样似乎很难得到一个比较有倾向性的结论。而我看的例文通常作者的观点是有倾向性的,这样会不会让阅卷人有模棱两可的感觉?怎么处理这个问题?
谢谢!
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