Computers: Electronic watchdogs for calls and copies: Unrestricted telephoning and photocopying can cost plenty through abuse or carelessness. `Office metering¿ can help

Computerized monitoring of telephone and photocopier use should spur increases in the productivity of office workers, but could also open management to charges of invasion of individual privacy. The systems promise to simplify allocation of telephone and copier costs, which would aid the `profit center´ concept of managing large enterprises. There are other significant ways in which these computerized systems provide protection and control.