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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 5th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright
Edition 5ISBN: 9780077515522Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 5th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright
Edition 5ISBN: 9780077515522 Exercise 1
The Case of the Disappearing Potato Chips
At a Walgreens in San Francisco, a cashier who had worked for the store for almost 18 years helped herself to a bag of potato chips and ate them while on duty. When her shift ended, she paid for the chips. Walgreens fired her for violating company policy.
But it wasn't just a case of an employee breaking the rules. The employee has diabetes, and while she was working, she realized her blood sugar was falling dangerously low. She had forgotten to carry her usual piece of candy, so she ate the chips as the best solution she could think of to protect herself. After she was fired, she took her case to the government's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC sued Walgreens for discriminating against her because of her disability.
How could respect for human rights have shaped a better response from Walgreens?
At a Walgreens in San Francisco, a cashier who had worked for the store for almost 18 years helped herself to a bag of potato chips and ate them while on duty. When her shift ended, she paid for the chips. Walgreens fired her for violating company policy.
But it wasn't just a case of an employee breaking the rules. The employee has diabetes, and while she was working, she realized her blood sugar was falling dangerously low. She had forgotten to carry her usual piece of candy, so she ate the chips as the best solution she could think of to protect herself. After she was fired, she took her case to the government's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC sued Walgreens for discriminating against her because of her disability.
How could respect for human rights have shaped a better response from Walgreens?
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Company W was found to discriminate the employees and even sued the employee for having chips from the store. The employee had tremendous fall in her sugar level and she had forgotten to carry the usual candy with her. So she had chips to remain stable during the working hours.
The employee filed a case against the Company W for discriminating her disability. The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) sued company W.
Respect for Human rights could have shaped the better response from the Company C by the following ways:
1. If the Company W respected the Right of free consent where people are treated willingly and unknowingly consent to be treated. The outcome would have been different and instead of taking sued decision the employee's disability would have been understood.
2. If the Company would have respected the Right to due processes and given the employee the scope to explain the reason behind her eating chips. This would allow the employee to give the valid reason of her disability and bring no discrimination issue in process.
Thus respect of Human Rights could have brought better outcome for Company W and the EEOC would not have sued the company.
The employee filed a case against the Company W for discriminating her disability. The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) sued company W.
Respect for Human rights could have shaped the better response from the Company C by the following ways:
1. If the Company W respected the Right of free consent where people are treated willingly and unknowingly consent to be treated. The outcome would have been different and instead of taking sued decision the employee's disability would have been understood.
2. If the Company would have respected the Right to due processes and given the employee the scope to explain the reason behind her eating chips. This would allow the employee to give the valid reason of her disability and bring no discrimination issue in process.
Thus respect of Human Rights could have brought better outcome for Company W and the EEOC would not have sued the company.
Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 5th Edition by Raymond Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick Wright
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