Essays on Working Conditions

Introduction and objectives

The idea of employee hiring is a great deal which requires to be dealt with carefully. This is mainly because employees are the human input or capital that a company employs in order to make its operations successful.

The main significance of exploring and understanding the idea of employee hiring and factors affecting the employee hiring or turnover is planning of the business future and determination of the overall business performance (Ariani, 48). This comes in hand with monitoring of the business operations which are relevant to productivity of the company. The significance of these factors affecting employee turnover ...

Book report; The jungle and business

Setting of the novel “The Jungle” published by Upton Sinclair in 1900s is in Chicago and revolves around the industry of meat production in the town. The industry seemed to represent the social difficulties of all the Americans living in poverty. Upton was only twenty-six years old when he moved to Chicago in his bid to participate in exposing the evils in the meat industry (Sparknotes.com). Upton's book The Jungle was initially published in early 1900s and turned into a real sensation for American book readers. From one viewpoint, it depicted the incredible practices of meatpacking industry overwhelming at ...

One position in an IT organization would be that of a technical writer. A technical writer is in charge of writing and editing software documentation, such as user manuals, release notes, online help, and the like. Aside from having writing skills, a technical writer must also be knowledgeable on the use of authoring tools such as Arbortext and content management systems, such as Documentum. In addition, the technical writer will be required to coordinate heavily with other members of the organization, such as the software developers, the business analysts, and the technical support personnel, in order to obtain the information needed ...

IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEALTH (NURSING) SYSTEM

Improvement in the health (nursing) system Nurses are an important part of the society. According to Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral systems design, the human being is a system that when disrupted, nurses assist in restoring the system to normal functionality (Johnson 1990). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), the nursing profession is faced with several challenges that hinder the full dispensation of the duties as a nurse should. Some of these challenges include staffing problems, mandatory overtime and lack of security when handling patients. All these problems can be tied to management of the organizations. If the management at ...

Slavery is not a new phenomenon in the contemporary society as it has existed for many decades, evolved and formed part of the human existence. Slavery reached its crescendo during the industrial revolution era when there was high demand for human labor in most developed nations. As a result of this fact, different forms of slavery emerged including bonded labor, forced labor, urban slavery, child labor, trafficking slaves, slavery by descent, and plantation slavery.

Plantation slavery refers to a form of slavery where the slaves were forced to work on farms, estates and plantations where crops such as cotton, rice, sugarcane, ...

In order to answer the research problem and look for ways to control put the number of graduate teachers high, a number of factors ought to be considered. In general, the issue of programme requirement, capacity or filling the shortages of the critical areas, accreditation and certification as well as approval ought to be factored in (Blase & Blase, 2004).

Firstly, is for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) to scale up the collaboration between the arts and science faculties, so that any gap or imbalance that may exist is filled. It is a common phenomenon ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of the current research was to examine the impact of the wider view of CSR on operations management of any the organization. The aim was divided into four objectives i.e. This research was based on secondary analysis. The researcher collected secondary data from internet and peer-reviewed journals to achieve the research objectives. The researcher made the following conclusion from this research. Decision-making is the core responsibility of managers. Operations managers need ensure that business decisions do not affect the society negatively. The business should not make profits at the cost of the environment. The manager should ...

Whether Mighty-Mart and Anne-Marie Bedford are Responsible for the Prevailing Working Conditions at Yellow Dragon Enterprises

Mighty Mart and Bedford are indeed responsible for the prevailing working conditions at Yellow Dragon Enterprises since they are parties to the contract manufacturing arrangement. Thus, they needed to exercise due diligence and acquire all the information relating to the production process. However, they both acted negligently and thus did not act despite the worker’s continuous accusations of unfair labour practices. Inasmuch as Mighty-Mart did not support the violation of fundamental workplace rights, it not did act on the negative report that was submitted by the auditors. In business, information is paramount hence it is imprudent for Anne-Marie ...

Introduction:

The construction industry is one of the most dangerous and hazardous industries. In UK, the construction industry is progressively increasing with the continuous acceleration of the technological and industrial development. The scope of this industry composes largely of projects that include bridges, houses, roads, drainage systems, canal works, and many more. The role of the construction industry is vital because they contribute to the prosperity and competitiveness of the nation’ ...

1. Aims of the Dissertation: Because of the global demand by customers for excellent services in the hospitality industry business operators need to quickly recruit employees who then receive limited preparation and training. This often results in poor job performance, employee dissatisfaction and high staff turnover. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the remote causes and outcomes of staff turnover that is endemic and a contentious issue in the hospitality industry. In this research, the author will attempt to address the operational challenges facing the hospitality business by identifying some causes in addition to those given above ...

Introduction

- Attention Getter: Amazingly all the women have moved and joined the Women Trade Union League, Civil Right Movement.

- Credibility Statement: Our clients in the organization have the endorsement on the development and better earnings witnessed from the services offered by the Women Trade Union League. It is revealed clearly that the Women Trade Union League has turned to a point where registration and joining of new clients in the union is increasingly with the clients and members benefit.

- Thesis Statement: Working environment of the workers from the company seemingly did not consider the factory machines ...

The outsourcing in the textile and clothing industry is in a continuous movement and evolution, which was speed up by the rapid technological development, globalization or economic liberalization of various geographic areas.

The various shifts in the global sourcing in the textile and apparel industry have been hand in hand with the global social and economic shifts. Gereff (2002) notes that the history of sourcing was shaped in the fifties, when US and Western Europe countries where importing from Japan, which later imported from the Asian Tigers Hong King, Taiwan and ...

Sexual harassment in the workplace entails any unwelcome sexual conduct that manifests itself through hostility, intimidation and offensive working conditions (Lightle, Juliana & Doucet 3). Moreover, sexual harassment may occur to both men and women. Notably, in the workplace, men may sexually abuse women, and women can sexually harass men as well. Statistics, however, show that women are more likely to fall under sexual harassment from men in the workplace. Certainly, sexual harassment is a common problem in the workplace that needs efficient reporting and prevention strategies.

In essence, there are certain steps that an individual may need to follow ...

Introduction

Occupational hazards can affect all workers not withstanding gender, age or type of occupation. It is one of the major problems faced by workers and their employers especially those who are engaged in occupation that require the operation of machineries or exposure to hazardous environments. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), 270 million workers every year suffer from occupational injuries while 160 million have contacted work-related diseases. It is only logical to think that work related accidents happen due to factors such as poor working conditions, insufficient training, lack of protective gears and of course, machine and human ...

Similarities between North American and Japanese Working Styles

Both North American and Japanese working styles suffer internal conflicts, ineffective communication, and poor decision making structures. Decision makers in Japanese companies created teams of consensus that led to slow decision making while in North American companies workers rushed into projects without enough planning. Managers in both situations provided indirect feedback leading to poor communication (Shah, Iqbal, Razaq, Yameen, Sabir, & Khan 127).

Differences

Japanese companies have different cultural attitudes to racial and gender diversity than North American companies do. Women in Japan are less take charge and outspokenly driven than women in North American companies, because their culture teaches ...

Question 1

According to Chapter 12 (2) there are universal values that are used in most ways of life and at the same time are vary from culture to culture. The specific conditions that drive workers to put in all their energy and focus on the job depend on what they view as important. The Goal Setting Theory states that how individuals go about setting goals and achieving or responding to them.

1) The theory has been proven to work within one country and not in another because as explained, there are certain details that vary from one way of ...

One of the most famous leaders in management named Professor George Elton was born on 1880 in Australia. He was graduated in psychology at Adelaide University. He had joined as a lecturer in Logic, Ethics, and Psychology in 1911 at the University of Queensland. Later on, he became a professor of Philosophy. In 1923, he had shifted to USA and had posted at Pennsylvania University. Mayo was involved in some experiments. Elton Mayo was considered the fathers of the management thinkers and human relations movement. He was famous for his work on the studies of Hawthorne. In 1928, ...

Introduction

The jungle was written in the year 1906 by an American journalist and novelist by the name Upton Sinclair. The author wrote this novel to be able to portray the lives that immigrants lived in the United States especially Chicago and other similar industrialized cities .Most of his readers were mainly concerned with his exposure to especially health violations and unsanitary practices that had for a long time been in the American meat packing industry. This was during the 20th century when he did this investigation for a socialist newspaper. The book also tries to depict about the working ...

The progressive era is a historical period of political and economic reforms from 1900 to 1918, which transformed the American society. The various movements during the Progressive era focused on major areas, such as equality, individual rights, economic justice and many others. In the gilded age, there was inequality in many segments of the American society, such as the African Americans, women and immigrants. Advocates of the Democratic Party, Republican Party and members of the third parties focused on specific issues of the country and developed various political, social and economic reforms, which have been influencing the American society until ...

Instant Coffee Industry in UK:

Coffee is considered as one of the well-renowned beverages in the world. According to research by Mintel in 2012, the retail market of UK reached 1 billion pounds for the first time (H&CNews 2014). The people living in UK consume about 2.8 kg of coffee every year (IBIS 2014). However, people do not consume much coffee in UK as they do in other European countries like France and Germany. The coffee market of UK is of only 33% of German and 50% of French coffee market (H&CNews 2014).

The coffee market in UK is mainly dominated by ...

Introduction

Various Western manufactures and retailors outsource their wares to those in the third world companies. Although this is a sign of a healthy globalized economy, it has a downside too. In order to keep their overheads down, the manufactures in the third world countries, often overlook the working conditions at their facilities. At times, this has resulted in catastrophic accidents involving their workers. Once such accident in our recent memory was a fire at a garment manufacturing facility in Bangladesh; the facility supplied major Canadian retailors. Therefore, concerns are being raised about the need to have a certain minimum standards at those facilities; even if ...

Part A: Strengths and Weaknesses

Purpose of the Study

The researchers have identified the purpose of the study as evaluating the efficacy of FCMPN in reducing fatigue among practice nurses. This is strength in the paper since a clear purpose and objective makes it easy for the reader to understand the study and relate it to nursing practice. FCMPN reduces fatigue, daytime sleepiness and patient care errors by improving sleep quality and quantity. Fatigue is a significant problem associated with working long hours and getting little rest. Nurses suffering from fatigue are a health risk since they are prone to making patient care errors which reduce the quality of care offered ...

Introduction

Human Resource Management is a critical department in the construction industry. Most of the construction companies do not understand the importance of human resource management in developing and utilizing the employees in the pursuit of optimum organizational performance, and consider making an investment in HR practices as a ‘luxury’, and ‘pen pushers’ (Wilkinson, Johnstone, and Townsend, 2012). In this industry, extensive labor outsourcing takes place, creating an opaque and transient employer-employee relationship. This cyclical nature of demand for the labor force makes the process of HR more difficult.

This sector works with subcontractors, joint ventures and alliances, and creates ...

The history of American economy has been a long battle since the time of the Gilded Age through the Progressive era and into the Great Crash or Depression of October 1929. During these years, from 1877 to 1929, class conflict was largely observed. The Gilded Age and the Great Crash were the notorious periods in which poverty and economic inequality skyrocketed reaching all-time highs in the American economy. The Gilded Age came at a time when there was widespread greed, corruption in the political systems, and speculative elements of the market. Of great interest is the absence of government restriction in ...

Abstract:

At the end of an interesting series of lectures like these, one is usually left wondering: Why did the lectures have to come to an end? How shall I make sure that the lessons I learnt in the lectures remain vivid in my mind? Are there ways of inculcating this in real life situations? The lessons are supposed to be internalised so that they leave an indelible mark in the life of the student. In the series of lectures, we have been studying values, ethics and sustainability. But the question is, what are these? Do they exist in reality ...

The issues in the network society have attracted enormous attention in the recent times. Rather than totalizing coeval working experience, the book “Work’s Intimacy” written by Melissa Gregg focuses on the ramifications and contradictions of professionals that hold a mid-rank, formerly defined as the white-collar workers. Mobile and online technologies have a great impact on the work, life and social relations of the people, especially professionals. After examining 26 professionals from four organizations, namely, education, telecommunications, government and broadcasting in Brisbane, Australia for three years, Gregg’s book bridges the gap in the existing literature on digital labor. In ...

Part 1

- In what ways did the video "The Crisis of Credit" demonstrate the failure of the banking industry's Fiduciary Relationship to investors and home owners?

The video explains a worldwide financial disaster that effected everyone. It started on the burst of the dot com bubble when the federal reserve of the United States decreased the interest rate to 1%. This value dramatically dropped the investment level because of the reduced ROI. This action made banks to take more and more loans from the Federal Reserve. The leverage increased as it became very easy to return a loan, so the demand for credit increased rapidly.

The banks took a lot of credit, and they were easily able to payback and made a lot of profits. Investors saw this as ...

Question 1

The strike at the Lawrence textile which occurred in 1912 involved immigrant employees in Lawrence. The strike occurred after the mill owners threatened to cut wages of its workers after a reduction of working hours which shortened the work. Therefore, I think Volse is the account of the1912 Lawrence Strike that I find most credible and compelling. This is so because account gives detailed information on the 1912 Lawrence strike by explaining all the participants of the strike, including the owner of the mill. This account gives full information about the cause of the strike, what happened during and after ...

Unions in the auto industries started emerging in the mid-1930s. The unions were mainly formed due to the production speeds in the production lines as well as the health and safety concerns that arose from the production(Bardou & James, 2009). The main union formed in the auto industries is the Union for the American Auto Workers. For over 70 years, the Union for Americas Auto Workers has set the pace in advocating for proper wages and working conditions for the employees in the American Auto industry. It also provides and fights for the pensions of the retired as ...

Part 1. In what ways did the meat packing industry in Chicago abuse its workers?

The meat packing industry in Chicago, but also in many other cities in America during the early 20th century was a very inhuman and brutal environment. This was a place of misery, exploitation, crime and corruption. Many immigrants that dreamed of freedom and material success were destroyed by the merciless work, and eventually replaced by other immigrants that shared the same horrible faith.

It would be easier to answer the question how the meat packing industry didn’t abuse its workers, as the opposite question give us numerous responses. The workers lived in poverty and hopelessness. Their exploitation occurred in all ...

Introduction

Employee morale is fundamental in any workplace since it is directly tied to the productivity. This means that the more dissatisfied and stressed the employees are the more output will plunge. On the other hand, happy workers mean more gets done in a fruitful, healthy work environment. After reading the case study, we understand that the working conditions of Kin Ki workers are poor. As a result, the Ohio Art Company needs to take certain steps that will ensure that their working conditions are improved hence the company will not be profiled in The New York Times for a second time as ...

1. Putting in place a more effective ethics programs and a more viable code of conduct could have helped Nike alleviate some of the ethical issues faced by the company. Effective ethics program helps an organization “foster ethical decision making in business” Ferrell, Fraedrick & Ferrell, 2011, p.216). A more effective ethics program and a more viable code of conduct can help the firm evade legal problems because ethics program and code of conduct can help identify and prevent misconduct in an organization (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011). Additionally, a strong code of conduct offers real value to a company. Nike must have a more ...

Purpose of the research

This research is to be carried out on The Shams Store. It will be a study on employee welfare application within the store. The purpose of this research is to find out different ways that can make life easy for employees within the workplace. This study will help in knowing what workers need in order to feel valued at the store hence improving their productivity.

- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The research shall be carried out by way of execution of questionnaires by the respondents, these will cover the ordinary workers while the managers shall be examined through telephone interviews. There shall also be a determination ...

Ethical issues that have faced Coca Cola Company

The Coca Cola Company has been faced with many challenges ethically which has jeopardized their state as the leading soft beverage manufacturer in the world. Some of the challenges include the contamination in the products which are produced by the company. This affected the integrity of the company products loosing trust to its consumers. Contamination cases have been evident in the beverages sold by Coke in some parts of the world. For instance, In Belgium, it was reported that Coca Cola products consumed by the children led to widespread illness. Thirty children who consumed these products become ill in ...

In April of 2013, the Savar garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over a thousand workers and leaving many others injured (Manik and Yardley, 2013). The effects and aftermath of this disaster were widespread, from people arguing over safety regulations to the merits of conspicuous consumerism. The garment workers were making clothing for stores such as Sears and Walmart, and government investigations revealed violations of fire safety that could have contributed to the collapse (Manik and Yardley, 2013). In today’s capitalist economy, many large companies have to cut down on overhead by outsourcing labor and paying less to produce ...

Introduction

In the year 1972, Nike was established by Phil Knight and Bill Bowernman. Currently Nike has emerged to be one of those global companies targeted by a broad range of campaigning non-governments as a symbolic representation of the business in society. Nike has established a forum, which is a well-developed focus of being responsible in improving condition in contracted factories (May, Cheney, & Roper, 2007). Nike aim for carbon neutrality as well as making sports available to young people across the world.

Question 1

Nike has experience many legal issues in its lifetime. Nike has long been accused of many allegations. For instance uses sweatshops ...

Introduction

In his book the jungle, Sinclair’s s main concern was not to the meat but to the workers who produced. It was then that he said that. ‘I aimed at the public’s heart and by accident hit its stomach’. He attempted to make the public aware that the life of an immigrant was very hard in the 1800s. In real sense, he did not actually assist people to know the harsh condition s but the bad meat that they were eating. This is what hit their metaphorical stomachs (Sinclair, 2006 p. 18).

He describes with many ...

Abstract

The human asset employed by an organization plays a crucial role in influencing the efficiency and performance level of an organization. There are some factors which influence the working nature of employees. These factors have to be fully taken into consideration for the achievement of the set objectives. One the main factor is safety in the working environment. The safety of an employee is particularly significant in an organization. Every employer should ensure that the working environment is free from any safety problem. This helps to improve their performance. Safety and health of an employee help to improve the motivation ...

Today teachers are broadly viewed as central both in the area of problems with education and as the ones who can solve it. School leaders and education researchers are facing the challenge of motivating teaching professionals for reaching high levels of performance. Only in this way the nation’s goal of teaching students to the highest standards can be achieved, closing the achievement gap at the same time.

According to the requirements of the Federal government, and the No Child Left Behind Act, all the teachers of academic subjects in schools and other educational establishments should be highly qualified. ...

It has taken women a long and tough journey to achieve their rights. This started many years ago in 1848, when women stood for their rights and since then, there have been several changes though some changes are yet to happen. These include changes in politics and government where women wanted to exercise their right to vote, in employment they wanted equal pay for the work done, they fought for reproductive rights and changes in religion (Greenberg & Watts, 2009). All these changes came due to efforts of very dedicated women who never gave up the struggle. Struggle for changes ...

Stress at work refers to detrimental emotional and physical reactions that prevail when the conditions at work are not equivalent to the capabilities, needs or resources of the employee. Workers who are subjected to occupational stress at work do not perform their duties to full potential. Therefore it is vital that an organization should protect its employees from falling prey to work stress. This can be achieved by having a proper management team that plays its tasks of reviewing job descriptions (Landy, 73). This is to ensure that employees handle tasks which they can efficiently execute without any difficulties. When ...

Apple, the leading computer manufacturing company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1970 does not own an equally innovative, inspiring and a somewhat lofty mission statement as it could have been perceived (About, 2012). The mission statement of Apple is delivered as:

"Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the ...

Question 1

Localization is driven by the cultural environment, institutional environment, the maturity of the organization size, the mode of operation as well as the subsidiary role. The environmental and institutional environment factor of the firm determines the management of people with a respect to their culture as well as the policy to have them work for the firm in that context. The maturity of the firm size determines the number of employees to be recruited and the needs of the firm they will fulfill. The mode of operation determines the working conditions and the skills required of the human resource. Lastly, ...

Early modernity was demonstrated by a number of discoveries in the scientific field which eventually gave way to the Industrial Revolution. This meant that the discovery of electricity and batteries as well as the cotton mill and the looms were to give rise to industrial development on a mass scale. However this still meant that those who migrated from the countryside to find new jobs in the cities suffered from relatively poor housing and inhumane working conditions.

This meant that although there were scientific advances in several areas, the worth of humans and dignity was still very low on the agenda ...

The law is a two edged sword aimed at cutting the oppressed free while punishing the unjust. This is one of the maxims that I have believed in and that inspires me towards applying for the JD program. By applying for this program, I desire to equip myself with the power to bring this ‘sword’ closer to the oppressed. I believe that this course will help me represent my people better and also in making them aware of their rights according to the law. All this intrinsic motivation to undertake the law course is extrinsically supported by the fact ...

In the game theory, it is assumed that there are several players who are rational. They are interested in their gain in the entire process and the choices they make are geared towards their self-fulfillment. The classical example of the game theory is the prisoner’s dilemma. Two prisoners are held by security officials for a serious crime. There is no judicial evidence. Their conviction is based on both or either of the prisoners confessing to the crime. If one confesses, he gets immunity from prosecution while the other prisoner is jailed for a long time. If they both confess, they ...

The Ham Commission

The Royal Commission was established in the year 1974 as a response to the strike staged by the Uranium miners in Elliot Lake. Owing to the increasing alarm regarding the prevalence of lung cancer and silicosis, the miners decided to express their heightened concern regarding the issue involving their health and safety conditions relative to their employment. The government appointed Dr. James M. Ham as the chairman of the commission, hence the commission was widely known as the Ham Commission. The committee was tasked to investigate the safety and health conditions in mines. In the year 1976, the Ham Commission ...

The great railroad strike of 1877 was a series of related, but unorganized railroad worker strikes. In the 1870s the United States was in a depressions, and conditions for railroad workers were made worse when the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company issued a 10% pay cut across the board. This led to organic strikes in the towns of Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and San Francisco. In response to these strikes the federal government and various Governors responded by sending national guards to quell the strikes. This led the deaths of nearly 100 striking workers across the ...

Job design, job enlargement, and job enrichment

HR staffing specialists A Human Resources Specialists reinforce HR administration endeavors by applying learning of HR ideas, vocation enactment, practices, approaches, and strategies. HR staffing experts have an enduring effect in the lives of organizations through their commitments to the propelling workforce. They are in charge of recognizing, pulling in, and achieving people for positions to address particular authoritative workforce needs. HR staffing experts add to the support of a proficient organization's workforce that improves the job placement to convey excellent care and administrations (Myplan.com, 2015). HR staffing specialists must comprehend the ideas, standards, practices, laws, and regulations of ...

Nike is an immensely profitable clothing and shoe company, having a vast number of retail outlets all around the world. This leading brand has become a symbol of world sports. Nike continues sponsoring well-known athletes, arranging sporting activities as well as developing a revolutionary footwear for sports. The company believes that not only young athletes are its target audience, but also people who are not into sports. However, these days Nike has become notorious for appalling working conditions. Fierce criticism has been voiced with regard to the fact that Nike is involved with foreign sweatshops. In third world countries, workers of ...

Executive Summary

Nike has been a world-class manufacturer of sports footwear and apparel for the past few decades. With immense marketing campaigns and celebrity endorsements, Nike has been able to establish a strong public image. With operations in more than 30 countries, Nike is truly a global operator. Most of these operations are concentrated in the developing countries – mainly Asia. However, the last few decades have seen a tarnishing of this giant’s reputation. Beginning with the labor practices issue in Nike’s Third world countries sweatshops to an inappropriately responding forecasting and ordering software, Nike has had its share of international problems all resulting ...

The period between 1900 and 1918 was known as the “Progressive Era” in the American history. This was a positive tide of events for America. It was during this brief time that America was completing its quick change from an agrarian to an urban society. For most Americans of this generation, early 20th-century America was the start to a relationship between a democratic government and its masses. So this had a very positive impact on them and the whole nation. The progressives as they called themselves worked for a revival in the working conditions in factories and argued for better living conditions in the ...

Nursing informatics has become a key component of the healthcare system and this has been attributed to the emergence of new technological advances which have assured of a more stable healthcare systems linked from education, to research to practice through simple connectivity (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012). Nurses today are required to understand the role of informatics and more importantly engage directly with nursing informatics with a view to improving the care outcomes across all clinical settings. One of the major facilitations that have occurred in relation to nursing informatics is the ability to provide the nursing student or practicing with as much content ...

Starting from late November 2012, during the holiday season, over 500 Wal-Mart workers from various locations organized a series of strikes. The strikes were a part of an on-going Wal-Mart employees’ campaign for better working conditions and freedom to express their concerns publicly. Wal-Mart workers claim that the biggest US employer retaliates for taking part in strikes or demanding better schedules, medical benefits and wages. The retail giant has several methods in its disposal: moving “problematic” employees to different departments, cutting their wages and shuffling working hours. As Alice Hines and Kathleen Miles reported on November 23, 2012, in the Huffington ...

Organizational psychology is the study of human behavior in the workplaces. The purpose of organizational psychology is to improve the health, performance, satisfaction, safety, and well-being of the employees in an organization. Through organizational psychology, research on the behavior and attitudes of employees is conducted, with the aim of improving the welfare of employees and employers. Some of the duties performed through organizational psychology include evaluation of companies and conducting leadership training among employers. The goal of organizational psychology is to study, and understand the human behavior, especially of the workers in their workplaces. Attitudes refer to the feelings ...

Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION: Ethics is defined as the set of characteristics, patterns of doings and right or wrong conducts possessed by a human being. Ethics can easily be influenced by human behaviours and attitudes and can have an impact on the surroundings, and the places where the person belongs. It can be a workplace, home, school, institutes or any other place (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011). Ethics is an essential concept that shapes the human personality, culture, values, mind-sets and one’s perceptions. These traits directly influence the corporate culture in the long term and affect the well-being of an organization. When ...

Globalization of corporations has led to various pros and cons. Multinational corporations have proved beneficial for the economy and the company’s returns. However, there is more than just the economic perspective of globalization of firms. Most firms have been accused of eco-terrorism, child labor and other unethical issues. Most consumers benefit from cheaper products, but they do not understand what goes on in the production process. The thesis of my essay is to analyze the unethical issues involved in globalization of companies. These issues include child labor, which is one of the most prevalent ethical issues surrounding ...

Labor unions are considered to be very beneficial to employees because they advocate for their welfare over their working conditions collectively. The bargaining aims at moving economy in a better direction. Collective Bargaining is the process in which labor management representative bargain an acceptable labor agreement (Blair566). When employees bargain collectively, they get a chance to attach their benefits and wages to productivity gain of the overall economy of the state. A long standing labor organization is capable of improving the quality of future jobs. Collective bargaining results to better management and increased productivity (Blair567). Labor unions increase creation and retention ...

Introduction of the OSH Act

OSH Act was proposed due to the accidents that were being experienced in the industries. The industry- specific safety statutes were still being enacted at the period. Most of these statutes protected employees under the federal agency contractors, and those that dealt with maintenance. The health and safety issues were also limited to a number of unions that represented workers that were in hazardous industries. The most common hazardous industries back then were electrical industries, mining, construction and auto. As the incidents of industrial accidents rose in the late 1960’s, there was a need to come up with a health and ...

Abstract

Illegal immigration continues to draw many issues in the world today. It is worth noting that illegal immigration affects countries in various ways. As a matter of fact, illegal immigration is an unethical act from the beginning. Law guides business ethics in most cases, and on the same note provide the basic framework whereby businesses will choose to follow. In fact, hiring illegal immigrants affects business ethics in various ways. The controversy of hiring ethical issues and its effects in business ethics based on the fact that there are those who support illegal immigration while other are against hiring of ...