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INCIDENT 2 You Can't Fire Me" Norman Blankenship came in the side door of the office at Consolidation manager notified the regional HR manager that Tom had been fired Coal Company's Rowland mine, near Clear Creek, West Virginia. He and gave the reasons for firing him. The regional HR manager asked told the mine dispatcher not to tell anyone he was there. Norman was the mine HR manager to get Norman on the line. The regional HR general superintendent of the Rowland operation. He had been with manager said, "Norm, you know Tom is Justus Frederick's brother-in- Consolidation for 23 years, having started out as a mining machine law, don't you?" Frederick was a regional vice president. "No, I didn't operator. know that," replied Norman, "but it doesn't matter. The rules are Norman had heard that one of his section bosses, Tom Serinsky, clear. I wouldn't care if he was Frederick's son." had been sleeping on the job. Tom had been hired two months earlier The next day, the regional HR manager showed up at the mine and assigned to the Rowland mine by the regional personnel office. He just as Norman was getting ready to make a routine tour of the mine. had gone to work as section boss, working the midnight to 8:00 A.M. "I guess you know what I'm here for," said the HR manager. "Yeah, shift. Because of his age and experience, Serinsky was the senior person you're here to take away my authority," replied Norman. "No, I'm just in the mine on his shift. here to investigate," said the regional HR manager. Norman took one of the battery-operated jeeps used to transport By the time Norman returned to the mine office after his tour, the personnel and supplies in and out of the mine and went to the area regional HR manager had finished his interviews. He told Norman, where Tom was assigned. Upon arriving, he saw Tom lying on an emer- "I think we're going to have to put Tom back to work. If we decide gency stretcher. Norman stopped his jeep a few yards away from where to do that, can you let him work for you?" "No, absolutely not," Tom was sleeping and approached him. "Hey, are you asleep?" Norman said Norman. "In fact, if he works here, I go." A week later, Norman asked. Tom awakened with a start and said, "No, I wasn't sleeping." learned that Tom had gone to work as section boss at another Norman waited for Tom to collect his senses and then said, Consolidation coal mine in the region. "I could tell that you were sleeping, but that's beside the point. You weren't at your workstation. You know that I have no choice but to Questions fire you." After Tom had left, Norman called his mine foreman and 2-14. What would you do now if you were Norman? asked him to come in and complete the remainder of Tom's shift. 2-15. Do you believe the regional HR manager handled the matter in The next morning, Norman had the mine HR manager officially an ethical manner? Explain. terminate Tom. As part of the standard procedure, the mine HR