Introduction Computers nowadays are being ubiquitous. Almost everyone uses it whenever and wherever they are. And because humans are social beings, they devised ways of connecting with other people through this ubiquitous equipment. This has become the birth of the internet. These computers are used in a variety of ways, in businesses, at home, while traveling, at school, and in other places. The internet connection has already become a very powerful tool for business institutions. With it, the internet connection helped the organization know their employees more, helping them assess the working efficiency of each of the employees. The internet is a group of so-called protocols which make it capable of doing different functions like information access using the World Wide Web, relay messages like e-mails, and/or file transfers and transactions (Clarke, 1999). Main body Thus, through the internet, cyberspace has been one of the most rapidly growing technology and medium of communication through computer technologies. It is commonly used by students for their researches, and businessmen likewise. Online processing of data makes it easier, faster, and more convenient to use among people in terms of communicating with others and relating with them. Considering those in business fields, most organizations or corporations consider using this computer technology. Because it is cost-efficient in different ways such as posting new ads or new job offers via the internet and other different purposes like keeping track of their workers. Privacy in workplaces is important because it helps improve a good atmosphere among co-workers and it also helps build a better business sense. Though privacy can be positive in some sense, some still see it as a means of covering up or hiding what should be exposed for inspections or scrutiny (Posner, 1978). Therefore, every individual should have his or her private space. In this way, the person could be free and able to do things at his own pace and comfort. But on the contrary, organizations tend to use surveillance among employees in their workplace. From this, the concept of ethics comes up. The idea of ethics in any field is formed because of one basic question, “Would you want the things you do to others to be also done to you?”. This is the question that every ethical framework is expected to answer. Regarding the main question, “Is it ethical that employers monitor their employees, more specifically, their e-mails?” it should also be asked if they should be doing this in the first place. In the viewpoint of the employers, monitoring their employee’s email activities would be a kind of protection; not only to their company’s security but also preventing any virtual attacks on their system as well (Introna, 2000). It could also be seen as keeping a log about what information comes in and what goes out of the company system. The action could prevent dishonest employees from sharing company information with other people. This could also be an act to prevent the system’s IP address from being spread on the net. But the said action could also entail that the employers would be invading their personnels’ personal space, as well as their privacy while wo