Deck 15: Employee Stakeholders and Workplace Issues

Question 1

Technological hazards in the workplace are only a problem for chemical companies.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The peer review panel approach to due process engages the panel only if an employee is still dissatisfied after going through three levels of management with his or her grievance.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

"Unfair treatment" of an employee could involve subtle actions such as one's being denied a promotion because she resisted sexual advances.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The idea of due process is in line with the employment-at-will doctrine, as well as with the universal right to fair treatment.

Question 5

There is no concept of employment-at-will in Canada.

Question 6

Concerning the right to freedom of speech in the workplace, some argue that some aspects of freedom of speech should not be protected for the sake of the company.

Question 7

In Canada, the law does not guarantee permanent or continuous employment.

Question 8

Companies have begun to fire people only after careful consideration of possible negative consequences.

Question 9

The ombudsperson approach to due process is actually nothing more than a Swedish version of the North American open-door policy.

Question 10

The private property concept undergirds the idea that corporations traditionally have not been required to recognize employee rights in the workplace.

Question 11

The collapse of the old social contract has been driven by three forces: global competition, technology advances and deregulation.

Question 12

Traditionally, private corporations have not had to recognize employee rights because of the private property notion.

Question 13

One of the most significant trends occurring in the workplace is the dramatic growth in numbers of professional and technical employees.

Question 14

Whistle-blowing is directly related to the right to freedom of speech in the workplace.

Question 15

Changes in the workplace in the past decade have not had much impact on the employee rights movement.

Question 16

The social contract has remained relatively unchanged over the years.

Question 17

Professionals, such as scientists, engineers, and accountants, generally find it easier to be loyal to employers.

Question 18

The new social contract will restore the security-loyalty-paternalism pact, which has been dwindling in recent years.

Question 19

The employment-at-will doctrine originally held that only the employee was free to terminate the employment relationship at any time.

Question 20

Whistle-blowing directly contradicts the traditional view that an employee does not question his or her employer's decisions.

Question 21

The right to receive impartial review and fair treatment of one's case is

A) due process.
B) the right to a job.
C) employee constitutionalism.
D) the basis of the employee rights movement.

Question 22

Employee rights find their source in all of the following except one. Which was not suggested by Edwards?

A) union contracts
B) Law
C) employers' promises
D) the hopes and dreams of workers

Question 23

The notion that holds that individuals and private organizations are free to use their property as they desire refers to

A) secure workplace.
B) private property.
C) ethical responsibilities.
D) managerial support.

Question 24

Which of the following is not a requirement of a due process system in an organization?

A) It should not be arbitrary.
B) It should be a relatively permanent fixture in the organization.
C) A company should have separate processes for different levels of employees.
D) All employees and managers should know about it.

Question 25

In what year did the Supreme Court of Canada rule that individuals involved in a labor dispute may legally picket not only outside the employer's premises but at other locations as well (secondary picketing)

A) 1980
B) 1977
C) 2002
D) 2005

Question 26

Statements such as "You will not be fired without just cause" and "Nobody gets fired around here without a good reason" have held up in court as

A) steps toward due process.
B) proof that management does not discriminate.
C) implied contracts between employee and employer.
D) misleading and illegal employee communications.

Question 27

The employee rights movement

A) deals specifically with civil rights of minority employees.
B) has evolved in the past decade.
C) was initiated by the government.
D) has seen few and insignificant changes in the workplace.

Question 28

Which of the following is not an element of the whistle-blowing process?

A) organizational position of the party who makes the complaint
B) organization against which the complaint is made
C) act about which the complaint is made
D) Party to whom the complaint is made

Question 29

In the outline for a new social contract which one of the following is not one of the employer expectations of employees?

A) performance to the best of one's ability
B) commitment to the objectives of the firm
C) opportunities for growth
D) ethical and honest behavior

Question 30

Which activity may constitute just cause?

A) Serious misconduct
B) Habitual neglect of duty
C) Willful disobedience
D) All of the above.

Question 31

An employer that fires an employee for no valid reason has violated

A) The right to pay equity
B) employee motivation
C) The doctrine of employment at will
D) the right not to be fired without just cause.

Question 32

Which of the following is not one of the major sweeping forces in the new social contract?

A) global competition
B) technology advances
C) ethical considerations
D) deregulation

Question 33

The right not to be fired without just cause is an example of

A) ethics management.
B) employee rights.
C) supervisor approval.
D) issues management.

Question 34

Lie detector tests, listening devices in offices, and drug tests are related to which change in the workplace?

A) increased technological hazards
B) the computer invasion
C) professionals with divided loyalties
D) increased mobility of employees

Question 35

Which one of the following is not an example of one of the new social contract changes?

A) fewer life careers and careers more dramatic
B) loyalty to self and professions
C) job-related skill training
D) focus on team building and projects

Question 36

Which of the following is not a change in the workplace that is associated with the employee rights movement?

A) increased numbers of professionals with altered attitudes
B) changes in environmental policy
C) increased monitoring of employees
D) addition of safety facilities in the workplace to avoid technological hazards

Question 37

Which of the following was suggested in the text as a way for management to avoid getting involved in lawsuits over employment issues?

A) Let the courts investigate all complaints.
B) Lay off employees who seem suspicious.
C) Use and bend the law to your advantage.
D) Make honor commitments to employees.

Question 38

Which of the following was not offered in the text as sound advice for treating workers fairly?

A) investigate any complaints fully and in good faith
B) always assume the employee is right until proven wrong
C) deal in good faith with your employees
D) fire employees only for a good reason

Question 39

Which of the following is true about peer review methods of employee due process?

A) The trend to broaden employee rights through peer review boards is not supported by many major corporations.
B) They have been accepted, without reservation, by most managers from the very beginning.
C) The success of such methods is independent of top management support.
D) Control Data Corporation resisted using peer review because its unions favored the open-door policy.

Question 40

Increased mobility of employees results in all the following except

A) decreased employee privacy.
B) less stable employee/employer relationships.
C) employees' feelings of vulnerability.
D) increased concern for employee rights.

Question 41

Which of the following was not cited in the text as a likely consequence of whistle-blowing?

A) The whistle-blower's work will be more stringently criticized.
B) The whistle-blower will likely get community awards for outstanding citizenship.
C) The whistle-blower will be pressured to drop charges against his or her employer.
D) The whistle-blower will be excluded from meetings previously attended.

Question 42

Which of the following was not discussed in the text as a due process approach for handling employees?

A) Open-door policy
B) ombudsperson
C) referral to company-paid legal services
D) Peer review panel

Question 43

Which stage follows the reflection on what action to take in the seven stages of life of a typical whistle-blower?

A) discovery of the organizational abuse
B) confrontation with superiors
C) Retaliation
D) long haul of legal action

Question 44

With regard to whistle-blowing legislation,Wes Cragg has asserted that Canada should

A) Move more quickly to protect whistle blowers
B) Reduce whistle blowing laws
C) Stop penalizing whistle blowers
D) Offer financial incentives for whistle blowing

Question 45

Which one of the following is not an example of the consequences of whistle-blowing?

A) More stringent criticism of work
B) less desirable work assignments
C) better attitude regarding upper management
D) heavier workloads

Question 46

A whistle-blower is someone who reports a

A) suspected wrongdoing to top management.
B) suspected wrongdoing to some outside party.
C) suspected wrongdoing to an employee grievance panel.
D) person who is not currently employed for a wrongdoing so that some unsuspecting employer would not hire him or her.

Question 47

A company striving to be responsive to potential whistle-blowers would not do which of the following?

A) take no investigative action into employees' complaints
B) look for solutions that would address interests of both the employee and the company
C) attempt to establish an equitable means to judge future actions
D) be attentive to employees' concerns

Question 48

Most whistle-blowers seem to be

A) attempting to "get back" at employers.
B) disgruntled employees with psychological problems.
C) engaging in the act out of a genuine belief that their company is wrong.
D) older employees who have become embittered because of being passed over for a promotion so many times.

Question 49

Which one of the following categories of issues that illustrate the legal challenges now arising in regard to employment-at-will discharges are all but which of the following?

A) public policy exceptions
B) contractual actions
C) breach of good faith actions
D) illegal actions exceptions

Question 50

When employees are treated as the law requires and employees are seen as factors of production the managers are practicing

A) moral management.
B) amoral management.
C) immoral management.
D) ethical management.