Assignment 2: Employment-At-Will Doctrine

QUESTION

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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rubric for this assignment.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer
quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,
using the following rubric.

Points: 150

Assignment 2: Employment-At-Will
Doctrine

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 70% F

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Summarize
the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text.
Weight: 10%

Did not
submit or incompletely summarized the employment-at-will doctrine discussed
in the text.

Partially
summarized the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text.

Satisfactorily
summarized the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text.

Thoroughly
summarized the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text.

1a. 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.
Weight: 25%

Did not
submit or incompletely evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described
by determining whether you can legally fire the employee; did not submit or
incompletely included an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will
doctrine.

Partially
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining whether
you can legally fire the employee; partially included an assessment of any
pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.

Satisfactorily
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining whether
you can legally fire the employee; satisfactorily included an assessment of
any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.

Thoroughly
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining whether
you can legally fire the employee; thoroughly included an assessment of any
pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.

1b. Evaluate
three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determiningthe primary action(s) thatyou should take to limit
liability and impact on operations; specify which ethical theory best
supports your decision.
Weight: 25%

Did not
submit or incompletely evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described
by determiningthe primary action(s) that you should
taketo limit liability and impact on operations; did not submit or
incompletely specified which ethical theory best supports your decision.

Partially
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determiningthe primary action(s) that you should taketo limit liability and impact on operations; partially
specified which ethical theory best supports your decision.

Satisfactorily
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining the
primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on
operations; satisfactorily specified which ethical theory best supports your
decision.

Thoroughly
evaluated three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining the
primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on
operations; thoroughly specified which ethical theory 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 outcome in the identified real-world example.
Weight: 25%

Did not
submit or incompletely examined your state’s policy on employment-at-will.
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed 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. Did not submit or incompletely included a summary
of the main issue and outcome in the identified real-world example.

Partially
examined your state’s policy on employment-at-will. Partially analyzed 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. Partially
included a summary of the main issue and outcome in the identified real-world
example.

Satisfactorily
examined your state’s policy on employment-at-will. Satisfactorily analyzed
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.
Satisfactorily included a summary of the main issue and outcome in the
identified real-world example.

Thoroughly
examined your state’s policy on employment-at-will. Thoroughly analyzed 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. Thoroughly
included a summary of the main issue and outcome in the identified real-world
example.

3. 3
references
Weight: 5%

No references
provided

Does not meet
the required number of references; some or all references poor quality
choices.

Meets number
of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds
number of required references; all references high quality choices.

4. Clarity,
writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 6
errors present

5-6 errors
present

3-4 errors
present

0-2 errors
present

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