Read the case study below, then answer the questions: Profits Ahead Public Health Restaurant ABC with...

  

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Read the case study below, then answer the questions: Profits Ahead Public Health Restaurant ABC with 50 chain stores in Country A does not offer paid sick leave. Workers who fall sick face a simple choice: Work and get paid or stay home and get stiffed. Not surprisingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that fully 20 percent of food service workers had come to work at least once in the previous year "while sick with vomiting or diarrhea." As the new coronavirus spreads across the Country A, the time has come for restaurants, retailers and other industries that rely on low-wage labor to abandon their parsimonious resistance to paid sick leave. Restaurant ABC chains stores were found not paying sick workers to stay home, are endangering their workers, their customers and the health of the broader public. Studies show that paying for sick employees to stay home significantly reduces the spread of the seasonal flu. There's every reason to think it would help to check the new coronavirus, too. A number of large companies in recent days have announced one-time changes in policy, promising paid sick leave to workers who catch the coronavirus, or who are quarantined. The government of Country A announced a legislation that would let some workers affected by the coronavirus take up to 10 days of paid sick leave, partially at public expense - an emergency corrective that is urgently necessary to slow the spread of the virus as well as to limit the resulting economic damage. But such a temporary change in the law is also grossly insufficient. It would amount to a brief suspension of the harsh and dangerous reality that most low-paid workers cannot afford to stay home when they are sick. What happens when the next pandemic arrives? The only adequate remedy is to permanently require paid sick leave for all workers. Throughout history, outbreaks of infectious diseases have often served as catalysts for overdue changes in the social compact, including the creation of public health authorities and water and sewer systems. The govemment of Country A needs to take the broader lesson from this pandemic and pass legislation mandating that every worker can earn up to seven days of paid sick leave. Required: Explain from the following perspective, how might Restaurant ABC chain stores react to such publicity: (a) (b) Legitimacy Theory perspective; Stakeholders Theory perspective. (10 marks) (20 marks) [Total: 30 marks] Read the case study below, then answer the questions: Profits Ahead Public Health Restaurant ABC with 50 chain stores in Country A does not offer paid sick leave. Workers who fall sick face a simple choice: Work and get paid or stay home and get stiffed. Not surprisingly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that fully 20 percent of food service workers had come to work at least once in the previous year "while sick with vomiting or diarrhea." As the new coronavirus spreads across the Country A, the time has come for restaurants, retailers and other industries that rely on low-wage labor to abandon their parsimonious resistance to paid sick leave. Restaurant ABC chains stores were found not paying sick workers to stay home, are endangering their workers, their customers and the health of the broader public. Studies show that paying for sick employees to stay home significantly reduces the spread of the seasonal flu. There's every reason to think it would help to check the new coronavirus, too. A number of large companies in recent days have announced one-time changes in policy, promising paid sick leave to workers who catch the coronavirus, or who are quarantined. The government of Country A announced a legislation that would let some workers affected by the coronavirus take up to 10 days of paid sick leave, partially at public expense - an emergency corrective that is urgently necessary to slow the spread of the virus as well as to limit the resulting economic damage. But such a temporary change in the law is also grossly insufficient. It would amount to a brief suspension of the harsh and dangerous reality that most low-paid workers cannot afford to stay home when they are sick. What happens when the next pandemic arrives? The only adequate remedy is to permanently require paid sick leave for all workers. Throughout history, outbreaks of infectious diseases have often served as catalysts for overdue changes in the social compact, including the creation of public health authorities and water and sewer systems. The govemment of Country A needs to take the broader lesson from this pandemic and pass legislation mandating that every worker can earn up to seven days of paid sick leave. Required: Explain from the following perspective, how might Restaurant ABC chain stores react to such publicity: (a) (b) Legitimacy Theory perspective; Stakeholders Theory perspective. (10 marks) (20 marks) [Total: 30 marks]

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A Legitimacy theory is derived from the concept of organisational legitimacy which is a condition or status which exists when an entitys value system is congruent with the value system of the larger s... View the full answer