To speak or Not to speak
In
class we watched an episode of the office which portrayed dilemmas that people
face at work. They focused on a human recourse employee who was stuck between
bringing an employee to justice who had been sleeping with someone for favors
for the store. While she was trying to get to the bottom of the situation, she
underwent sexual harassment from her superior. He went out of his way to make
certain business situation sexual. For example, he brought her out on a date
when they were supposed to be discussing work related issues. As for the other
employee that had been sleeping around she says she did it for the company
because the company was also benefiting from her sexual acts. Her superiors saw
nothing wrong with it since the company was benefiting. The human recourse
employee's direct job, was to follow proto call and leave with everything the
same. Her job was threatened when she attempted to bring up the issue.
Obviously,
this is an extremely farfetched situation that would more than likely never
happen. If you were in the position of the human resource agent, would you have
continued your case and attempted to get the employee performing sexual favors
fired? She's a liability of the company and it is directly your job to deal
with situation such as that one. Or would you listen to your superiors and not
do anything? On that side, she's really not hurting anyone and in the end
everyone gets free food and discounts. Your bosses gives the situation the
blind eye and you are even encourage to turn the blind eye yourself.
There
were other dilemmas in the show but this stuck out to me the most. Feel free to
discuss any other dilemmas that was in the show as well.
I feel like if someone feels like they have to have sex with someone to get there job done there are other underlying problems. I think that she should have been fired, though. Having watched a lot of the Office, Meredith has done quite a few unethical things that make this look like saint's work. The HR woman was doing her job, and she was doing it correctly. I do not think that she should have had to just go with what Michael was saying.
ReplyDeleteI would continue the case and present it to my superiors superior, as well as let them know that my boss did not want me to tell them. Call it being a whistle blower or what have you but the integrity of the company is built on each team member doing their job correctly and honestly. It is not appropriate for people to sleep with vendors for discounts and as a member of a company that I am supposed to be representing and that represents me, I would not accept that type of behavior, even if I am just a simple hr rep.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the company was benefiting from her benefits, I do believe that she should've been dehired. Her acts were completely inappropriate and her superiors should've told her the truth. I think that the company should've done something else if they wanted to get benefits.
ReplyDeleteThe way she was doing business was not the proper way to run a business, and would cause more trouble them it's worth.
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