$4\mathrm{.}1$ Tyson managers placemats on COVID$-19$ cases as COVID$-19$ took its toll on people in businesses around the world several managers at a Tyson port processing plant in Waterloo Iowa decided to have some fun which cost them their jobs Tyson one of the worlds largest meat producers has meat processing plants in $27$ states including Iowa Arkansas and Texas with more than $139,000$ employees and $2020$ sales of more than $$42$ billion is COVID$-19$ spread through these communities Tyson was criticized for not providing workers with adequate protective gear and for not shutting down plants until the virus spread to nearby communities several months into the pandemic and as many workers became the company initiated mass testing for its nearly $2800$ workers at the Waterloo plant according to for wrongful death lawsuits filed by employee families as the workers under testing seven managers at the Waterloo plant conducted an office pool betting on the percentage of Waterloo workers who would test positive for the virus the entry fee for the winner take all pool was $$50$ per person nearly $1000$ of the $2800$ workers tested positive for the virus and the company was forced to stop production at the Waterloo plant for several weeks as more employees called out sick one of the seven terminated managers said that the better didn't think the pool violated company policy and thought it was kind of a morale boost for the managers for their efforts to combat the outbreak and investigation led by former US Attorney General Eric Holder found sufficient evidence to lead to the firing saying those involved violated the companies values the company had asked holders law firm to investigate the allegations after public backlash threatened to damage Tyson's reputation and lower them more of its workers because of the close proximity of employees on the processing lines in the meatpacking plant local officials became concerned that Tyson workers exposed to the virus while it work could spread the virus to family members who worked in elderly care facilities grocery stores and other essential services many of the Waterloo plants employees are immigrants and refugees from Mexico Bosnia Burma and several African countries who live in multigenerational households which could help spread the virus Ording to public health officials this type of community spread could get out of control very quickly and ignite outbreak elsewhere as of this writing in Blackhawk county where the Tyson Waterloo plant is located there have been more than $13,000$ cases and $225$ deaths in the early months of the pandemic in $2020$ the centres for disease control and prevention CDC reported that more than $16,000$ US meat plant workers had tested positive for the virus by the end of May and $86$ had died those numbers were more than four times the numbers reported and month earlier in April in addition the date underscore how disproportionately the pandemic was affecting minority workers CDC data suggested that of the cases which disclosed race and ethnicity $87\%$ involved minority workers what do you think about the managers and their office pool could stereotyping a various employees have contributed to managers in ability to see the office pool as an appropriate explain your reasoning while the manual labour associated with a meat processing line is challenging work these employees may also face the added pressure of concealing their symptoms to keep earning a paycheque what could management do to help employees cope with the added challenges and pressure do you think the company did the right thing and firing the managers