A 16-year-old hired as an office administrator at a small import services company started posting her...

  

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A 16-year-old hired as an office administrator at a small import services company started posting her thoughts about the job on her Facebook site. After her first day, she wrote: "first day at work. omg!! So dull!!" Two days later, she complained "all I do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!" Two weeks later she added "I'm so totally bord!!!" These comments were intermixed with the other usual banter about her life. Her Facebook site did not mention the name of the company where she worked. Three weeks after being hired, the employee was called into the owner's office, where he fired her for the comments on Facebook, then had her escorted from the building. The owner argues that these comments put the company in a bad light, and her "display of disrespect and dissatisfaction undermined the relationship and made it untenable." 1. Were the company's actions ethical? Why or why not? (3 Marks). What is the moral intensity of this incident? Please explain your answer (3 Marks). 2. A 16-year-old hired as an office administrator at a small import services company started posting her thoughts about the job on her Facebook site. After her first day, she wrote: "first day at work. omg!! So dull!!" Two days later, she complained "all I do is shred holepunch n scan paper!!! omg!" Two weeks later she added "I'm so totally bord!!!" These comments were intermixed with the other usual banter about her life. Her Facebook site did not mention the name of the company where she worked. Three weeks after being hired, the employee was called into the owner's office, where he fired her for the comments on Facebook, then had her escorted from the building. The owner argues that these comments put the company in a bad light, and her "display of disrespect and dissatisfaction undermined the relationship and made it untenable." 1. Were the company's actions ethical? Why or why not? (3 Marks). What is the moral intensity of this incident? Please explain your answer (3 Marks). 2.

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1 The companys actions in firing the employee based on her comments on Facebook raise ethical considerations While it is understandable that the employer may have been concerned about the negative por... View the full answer