The Family Affair Case
The Family Affair Case
P Harris
University
Unit 5 Assignment: The Family Affair Case This case is both very unethical and disturbing to evaluate. The R&S Electronics Service Company hired a new head of the Payroll Department named Jane; she was very excited for this opportunity. Eddie, the General Manager communicated to Jane the expectations of her new position and the importance of not discussing employees pay rate or commission earned with other employees, this action would cause immediate termination. The previous head of payroll was presumably fired for not follow that directive. Jane understands what is expected of her and takes the offered employment. After working a few months with the company, Jane begins to observe that Greg makes much more in commission than the other employees and wondered why. However; she did recall that there were several occasions where she has overheard Brad, the business owner, complimenting him on his performance. Even though she the thought favoritism crossed her mind at times, she just assumed he must be an excellent worker. Jane’s immediate supervisor Eddie brought the service tickets to her to assign to the technicians, which is a normal protocol. Jane knows they are put in a stack and as a technician finishes a job, they take the next available ticket. Jane completed that task of putting the service tickets in the appropriate places and then remembered she needed to inform Eddie that she would late the next morning due to an appointment. She returns to Eddie’s office to let him know and it was then that she witnesses the nagging fear she had, there was Eddie giving Greg a second stack of work tickets which are all quick, highly compensated jobs. Favoritism clearly being shown, Greg is Eddie’s brother and Eddie is making it possible for him to make more than his fellow workers by giving him the easiest, highest paid jobs. Now to add insult to injury Eddie tells Jane if she tells anyone what
P Harris
University
Unit 5 Assignment: The Family Affair Case This case is both very unethical and disturbing to evaluate. The R&S Electronics Service Company hired a new head of the Payroll Department named Jane; she was very excited for this opportunity. Eddie, the General Manager communicated to Jane the expectations of her new position and the importance of not discussing employees pay rate or commission earned with other employees, this action would cause immediate termination. The previous head of payroll was presumably fired for not follow that directive. Jane understands what is expected of her and takes the offered employment. After working a few months with the company, Jane begins to observe that Greg makes much more in commission than the other employees and wondered why. However; she did recall that there were several occasions where she has overheard Brad, the business owner, complimenting him on his performance. Even though she the thought favoritism crossed her mind at times, she just assumed he must be an excellent worker. Jane’s immediate supervisor Eddie brought the service tickets to her to assign to the technicians, which is a normal protocol. Jane knows they are put in a stack and as a technician finishes a job, they take the next available ticket. Jane completed that task of putting the service tickets in the appropriate places and then remembered she needed to inform Eddie that she would late the next morning due to an appointment. She returns to Eddie’s office to let him know and it was then that she witnesses the nagging fear she had, there was Eddie giving Greg a second stack of work tickets which are all quick, highly compensated jobs. Favoritism clearly being shown, Greg is Eddie’s brother and Eddie is making it possible for him to make more than his fellow workers by giving him the easiest, highest paid jobs. Now to add insult to injury Eddie tells Jane if she tells anyone what