Exam 14: Ethics, Justice, and Fair Treatment in Hr Management

IBM protects itself from the need to layoff traditional employees by hiring a large group of contingent workers who understand that their jobs are temporary. IBM is using the alternative to layoffs.

What kind of information or cues can be used to gather information about a company's culture?

Capital One welcomes new employees on a designated day with balloons, parties, and pep rallies. This is an example of .

Organizational culture refers to the .

When an employer ensures that everyone involved understand why and how final decisions are made, the employer is enhancing the perceived fairness of the situation via .

The exception to the termination at will doctrine that would protect an employee from dismissal because he or she refused to break the law is called the exception.

What characteristic is generally used to determine which employees will remain on the job when lay-offs occur?

Which component of organizational justice refers to the manner in which managers conduct their interpersonal dealings with employees?

What three communication-related activities affect how fair employees perceive a situation to be?

The plant closing law requires that employers .

Employers may be held liable for illegal acts their employees commit via email.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires publicly traded companies to declare whether they have a code of ethical conduct and increase penalties for companies convicted of ethics violations if they have codes of conduct.

The four main types of privacy upheld by courts are intrusion, publication of private matters, disclosure of medical records, and appropriation of an employee's name or likeness for commercial purposes.

When a company rewards employees who behave ethically using the firm's incentive plan and appraisal system, they are to encourage ethical behavior.

When an employee's dismissal does not comply with the law or with the contractual agreement stated or implied by the firm via its employment application forms, employee manuals, or other promises, has occurred.

Name the three components that make up organizational justice and explain their meaning.

The New York Stock Exchange recently eliminated all "reporter" jobs on the exchange but many of those employees took lower level jobs from people with less seniority. In this case, occurred.

Which component of organizational justice refers to the fairness and justice of a decision's result?

Which of the following exceptions is not responsible for eroding the strength of the "terminate at will" doctrine?

Johnson & Johnson has a corporate ethics code that states "We believe our first responsibility is to the doctors, nurses and patients, to mothers and fathers and all others who use our products and services." This is an example of .