Chapter Objectives
After reading this chapter, you will be able to:
1. Discuss the two distinct perspectives on the ethics of workplace
relationships.
2. Explain the concept of due process in the workplace.
3. Define “employment at will” (EAW) and its ethical rationale.
4. Describe the costs of an EAW environment.
5. Explain how due process relates to performance appraisals.
6. Discuss whether it is possible to downsize in an ethical manner.
7. Explain the difference between intrinsic and instrumental value in terms of
health and safety.
8. Describe the “acceptable risk” approach to health and safety in the
workplace.
9. Describe the nature of an employer’s responsibility with regard to employee
health and safety and why the market is not the most effective arbiter of
this responsibility.
10. Explain the basic arguments for and against regulation of the global labor
environment.
11. Describe the argument for a market-based resolution to workplace
discrimination.
12. Define diversity as it applies to the workplace.
13. Explain the benefits and challenges of diversity for the workplace.
14. Define affirmative action and explain the three ways in which affirmative
action may be legally permissible.
15. Articulate the basic guidelines for affirmative action programs.