Legal and Ethical Issues in the Workplace
Legal and Ethical Issues in the Workplace
Barbara Pritchard
BUS 670: Legal Environment
Professor Gary Gentry
July 15, 2013
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE
Abstract
In society today the business world presents many ethical issues. Organizations must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company’s vision. This will help employers in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be steady in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. Legal and ethical issues are dominant in today’s workplace. This is one reason why many companies have a legal department within their organization.
It is the management team’s responsibility to set the tone for their organization’s ethical and legal behavior. It is also, management’s responsibility to ensure that; their employees understand the consequence of poor ethical and legal decisions. This paper will examine legal and ethical issues in the workplace. Such as: workplace issues surrounding a facility and vendor selection for equipment and supply purchases; analyze a legal and ethical issue relating to current, previous, and or potential future work investments and, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, as well as, ideas for corrective actions pertaining to issues.
“Oscar Mayer foods is launching a new and unexpected campaign for its reformulated sliced ham, in an effort to make consumers understand that the marketer’s middle name is not just bologna,” (Thompson, 2000). The facility manufactures the lunchables product line, a product primarily for children. The product lines are bologna, bacon, hot dogs, sausage links, sausage patties, pizza, and ham. It is a labor union facility & has “1,700 employees at its Madison plant and another 1,000 at Oscar Mayer and Kraft headquarters,” (Kades, 2002). It is a part of the
Barbara Pritchard
BUS 670: Legal Environment
Professor Gary Gentry
July 15, 2013
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE
Abstract
In society today the business world presents many ethical issues. Organizations must strive to provide employees with a clear understanding of the overall company’s vision. This will help employers in practicing the code of ethics, policies and procedures in the workplace. Companies must be steady in continuously delivering the uppermost ethics of provision in which customers, applicants and employees are entitled to under fair business practices. Legal and ethical issues are dominant in today’s workplace. This is one reason why many companies have a legal department within their organization.
It is the management team’s responsibility to set the tone for their organization’s ethical and legal behavior. It is also, management’s responsibility to ensure that; their employees understand the consequence of poor ethical and legal decisions. This paper will examine legal and ethical issues in the workplace. Such as: workplace issues surrounding a facility and vendor selection for equipment and supply purchases; analyze a legal and ethical issue relating to current, previous, and or potential future work investments and, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, as well as, ideas for corrective actions pertaining to issues.
“Oscar Mayer foods is launching a new and unexpected campaign for its reformulated sliced ham, in an effort to make consumers understand that the marketer’s middle name is not just bologna,” (Thompson, 2000). The facility manufactures the lunchables product line, a product primarily for children. The product lines are bologna, bacon, hot dogs, sausage links, sausage patties, pizza, and ham. It is a labor union facility & has “1,700 employees at its Madison plant and another 1,000 at Oscar Mayer and Kraft headquarters,” (Kades, 2002). It is a part of the
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