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Assignment 2: Employment-At-Will Doctrine
Due Week 5 and
worth 150 points
Imagine you are a
recently-hired Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a midsize company preparing for
an Initial Public Offering (IPO). You quickly discover multiple personnel
problems that require your immediate attention.
1.
John posted a rant on
his Facebook page in which he criticized the company’s most important customer.
2.
Ellen started a blog
to protest the CEO’s bonus, noting that no one below director has gotten a
raise in two (2) years and portraying her bosses as “know-nothings” and
“out-of-touch”
3.
Bill has been using
his company-issued BlackBerry to run his own business on the side.
4.
After being disciplined
for criticizing a customer in an email (sent from his personal email account on
a company computer), Joe threatens to sue the company for invasion of privacy.
5.
One of the department
supervisors requests your approval to fire his secretary for insubordination.
Since the secretary has always received glowing reviews, you call her into your
office and determine that she has refused to prepare false expense reports for
her boss.
6.
Anna’s boss refused to
sign her leave request for jury duty and now wants to fire her for being absent
without permission.
As an astute
manager, you will need to analyze the employment-at-will doctrine and determine
what, if any, exceptions and liabilities exist before taking any action. As you
proceed with your investigation, you discover the company has no whistleblower
policy.
In preparation for
this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research your state’s
employment-at-will policy.
Write a four to
five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1.
Summarize the
employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3)
of the six (6) scenarios described by determining:
a.
Whether you can
legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to
the employment-at-will doctrine.
b.
The primary action(s)
that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify the
ethical theory that best supports your decision.
2.
Examine your state’s
policy on employment-at-will. Analyze at least one (1) real-world example of an
employee or employer utilizing your state’s employment-at-will doctrine in the
last five (5) years. Include a summary of the main issue and the outcome in the
identified real-world example.
3.
Use at least three (3)
quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is
not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic
resources.
Your assignment
must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double
spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Analyze and apply the
concepts of freedom versus responsibility and ethical decision making.
·
Analyze and evaluate
laws that protect against discrimination in the workplace.
·
Analyze and evaluate
the employment-at-will doctrine and exceptions, as well as the protections
afforded whistleblowers.
·
Explore the legal and
ethical issues surrounding employee and consumer privacy.
·
Use technology and
information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate
governance.
·
Write clearly and
concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing
mechanics.
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