Read the Chapter 2 Application "To Employ, or Not to Employ?" Discuss each of the seven questions at the conclusion of the application.

ETHICAL ISSUES I. Some organizations strictly adhere to the law in their relationships wij employees and job applicants, but beyond that anything goes in terms of ,th crated staffing practices. What are the ethical implications of such a stance " Assume that you are the staffing manager in an organization that informally of courages you and other managers from hiring people with disabilities. The orgas ization's rationale is that reasonable accommodations are too expensive and detract from more profitable investments. Do staffing managers have an ethics obligation to try to change the stance, and if so. how might you go about that APPLICATIONS To Employ, or Not to Employ? Greater Boston Homes (GBH) is a moderately sized company that does home construction in and around Boston. Although the organization was not terribly creative when coming up with a name, it has been quite successful in developing a market niche for itself by providing a user-friendly experience in the process of design and construction for its customers. GBH is known for its distinctive style of futuristic, neocolonial homes. To maintain a brand image and consistently high quality, the company has used full-time employees to perform most of the work, contracting out only those tasks that are more peripheral to the look and feel of the finished homes. This makes it an exception in the industry. When it comes to creating software for applicant tracking, however, GBH is behind the curve. Its systems for evaluating recruiting and selection processes are cumbersome, out of date, and not well integrated with compensation, budgeting, and accounting. GBH already has a full-time staffing manager (Sophie Wang) as part of its HR function. Ms. Wang is highly skilled in using all the major software platforms available in the market. In addition to maintaining and analyzing all records related to staffing, she also oversees the recruiting and selection process for the entire organization, so there is no spare time in her schedule to also design a new applicant tracking system. The company is hoping to have an independent contractor perform the work. After the system is set up, the day-to-day management could be handed off to Ms. Wang. GBH prefers to have the work done in its own offices so that it can track progress on the project and change specifications as needed throughout the page of process. However, it has also considered having an employee do the work. Given the current growth of the organization and its demand for top-quality analytics, it to eno could reassign Ms. Wang to a purely technology management role in designing the system. It is within her capability. If she did take over the role, GBH could hire a less skilled full-time employee to do the more administrative and direct-contact side of recruiting. Other technology management roles in the organization may open upCHAPTER TWO Social and Legal Environment 89 igor wol in the future, so there might be a need for Ms. Wang's skills in these other areas if she received sufficient development. After costing out the process, the company believes that the costs of adding a ni babs full-time employee may be somewhat greater in the short run, but all of the other factors described above suggest there may be long-term advantages to keeping development in-house. 1. What would be the advantage of having an independent contractor perform this job? 2. What expectations for the relationship would you set for an independent contractor? 3. What actions would you have to take to ensure that the relationship remains that of independent contractor? 4. What would be the advantage of having Ms. Wang perform this job? 5. How would you clarify expectations for Ms. Wang about her role at present and in the future? 6. What actions would you take to get the most out of the employee-employer relationship? 7. Given the considerations above, which form of relationship seems more appropriate for this job, and why? Discrimination in a Promotion? Best Protection Insurance Company (BPIC) handles a massive volume of claims each year in the corporate claims function, as well as in its four regional claims centers. The corporate claims function is headed by the senior vice president of corporate claims (SVPCC); reporting to the SVPCC are two managers of cor- highly skilled corporate