Exam 14: Respecting Employee Rights and Managing Discipline

Poor performance is a common problem for managers.In most cases,________ can be used to help the employee improve performance before more drastic means are necessary.

Employees' free speech rights are more explicit than their rights to privacy.

________ is termination of an employee for reasons that are either illegal or inappropriate.

Managers can most likely eliminate a substantial amount of employee discipline by:

In order to create a climate of ethical behavior and fairness in a company,managers and supervisors should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Due to the legal conflict over employment-at-will discharges,many employers are now:

Management's rights to run the business and retain any profits that result are called ________.

Which of the following is the best way to control employee theft without invading the privacy of honest employees?

Which of the following should be avoided when administering discipline?

All of the following are advantages of performance testing EXCEPT:

Additional Case 14.2 Gloria, an employee at Hamilton Resources, which is a unionized company, has performance and absenteeism problems. Gloria's manager, Dean, wants to fire her immediately. As the HR manager at Hamilton, you explain to Dean that he needs to try to improve the employee's performance first and save termination as a last resort. Sometime later, the CEO asks you to review and update the firm's employee discipline process. He wants to give employees as much responsibility for their own performance improvement as possible. He is also willing to invest in management training to ensure the best and most fair process. As HR manager, you will be responsible for training managers on the new discipline process. -Refer to Additional Case 14.2.During the process of training managers,you should most likely make which of the following statements to ensure that they discipline fairly?

Wallace Consulting is a small firm with 60 employees.In the past,Wallace Consulting has experienced a high level of employee theft.Which of the following would be the LEAST effective method of preventing employee theft at Wallace Consulting?

One of the drawbacks of positive discipline is that it:

Employment-at-will is a pervasive law,originally designed to equalize employer/employee power.Explain the concept and the limitations of its use.

Carine's position at FireWall was terminated when she refused to participate in office theft for her supervisor.This is most likely an example of:

A psychological contract is a legal document outlining the ethical values of a company.

When an employer discharged two women during and shortly after they returned from maternity leave,the women sued.The court found that the employer had:

Recent surveys of employer practices showed that more than 21% of employers engage in searches of employees' electronic communication.

An employee who holds his employer accountable for improper conduct by informing the proper authorities is involved in:

It is inappropriate and also illegal to use discipline to correct poor performance when an employee has a physical or mental disability.