Reference no: EM131170988
Assignment 2: Employment-At-Will Doctrine
Pin It
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.
John posted a rant on his Facebook page in which he criticized the company's most important customer.
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"
Bill has been using his company-issued BlackBerry to run his own business on the side.
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.
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.
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:
Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining:
Whether you can legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.
The primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify the ethical theory that best supports your decision.
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.
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.
|
In many occupations-robots are replacing humans
: The year is 2035. In many occupations, robots are replacing humans. As it turns out, robots make very good house cleaners, but very poor ski instructors. Assuming the other determinants of demand for the two services are roughly similar, you would ex..
|
|
Annual wage ceiling for workers
: In 2014, the annual wage "ceiling" for workers aged 62 to 64 was $15,480. How large of a monthly Social Security check would a 63 year old retiree get if her maximum benefit is $1,600 per month and she continues working for wages of $3000 per month? ..
|
|
Words about two main competitors
: Write a 1200 words about two main competitors -- Coke and Pepsi. Please do not describe the history or financial data of these two companies. This is an economic analysis. Please take advantage of the economic models such as pure competition, mon..
|
|
How would you define a change leader
: How would you define a "change" leader? Recommend a distributive, servant, or other leadership theory that public leader could apply in order to resolve conflicts and implement change while working with external stakeholders.
|
|
Explore the legal and ethical issues surrounding employee
: 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.
|
|
Create new product that would appeal to your market
: Create a new product that would appeal to your market. Develop at least one question for each characteristic of the target market (demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral) that will be important for you as you determine the marketing s..
|
|
Four-firm concentration ratio and to the herfindahl index
: Suppose that a small town has seven burger shops whose respective shares of the local hamburger market are (as percentages of all hamburgers sold): 23%, 22%, 18%, 12%, 11%, 8%, and 6%. If the top three sellers combined to form a single firm, what wou..
|
|
Demand and a supply function
: i) Identify which of the two functions is a demand and a supply function. ii) Compute the point elasticity of demand and the point elasticity of supply at the equilibrium position. b) With the aid of diagrams, explain the importance of the concept of..
|
|
Determine the percent eiongation and percent reduction
: Determine the percent eIongation and percent reduction in area of each specimen. Also, cIassify the materials as brittle or ductile.
|