As an initial step, let us clarify the meaning of moral rights in the work¬place, or employee rights, that we will be using in this chapter. Three senses of employee rights are common in business. First, there are those legal rights granted to employees on the basis of legislation or judicial rulings. Thus, employees have a right to a minimum wage, equal opportunity, to bargain col¬lectively as part of a union, and so forth. Second, employee rights might refer to those goods that employees are entitled to on the basis of contractual agree¬ments with employers. In this sense, a particular employee might have a right to a specific health care package, paid holidays, pension funds, and the like. Finally, employee rights might refer to those entitlements to which employees have a claim independent of any particular legal or contractual factors. Such rights would originate with the respect owed to them as human beings. While both legal and contractual rights will be relevant for our discussions in this chapter, our primary focus will be on the understanding of employee rights as moral entitlements that are independent of both legal and contractual acknowledgment.