ADM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Consumer Sovereignty, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Employee Engagement
27 Feb 2016
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Chapter 12: ethics and responsibilities in the workplace and the marketplace. Workforce reduction: safety, working hours, work-life balance, wellness program, etc, notice, severance etc. Privacy o health and drug testing, monitoring etc. Unionso anti-union tactics, change in work rules etc. The work ethic: activity; that some gain (eg. money) is involved, and that through work person contributes to society and becomes better individual. Contemporary implications on the work ethic: workplace stress, fringe benefits changing, compensation based on performance, work balance, moonlighting, job insecurity, labour skills shortage. Employee loyalty: definition: commitment by employees to the organization they work, employers can also demonstrate loyalty to employees, measuring loyalty can be difficult, loyalty can go to one"s self or one"s job, rather than the corporation. Discrimination: the preferential (or less than preferential) treatment on bases not directly related to qualification of the job or job performance: categories: race, gender, nationality, age (young and old), disability, marital status,
