, imagine that you are the manager of a facility of 1,000 workers, and 200 emplo
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, imagine that you are the manager of a facility of 1,000 workers, and 200 employee layoffs are scheduled. Design an action plan for how the layoffs will occur. How would you handle both those being laid off and the survivors? Identify what stage of the ethical model your actions correspond to within your action plan.
Layout your action plan using the headings in the article:
Introduction and the thesis
Short-range cost adjustments
Medium-range adjustments
Long-range adjustments
Concluding comments
Explanation / Answer
Answer:
Being the manager of a facility of 1,000 workers, and 200 employee layoffs are scheduled. We have designed an action plan for how the layoffs will occur.
The action plan for layoffs is as below
Prepare the list of employees who will be going on layoff
Declare the time period for which the above list of employees will be on lay off
List of the employees who can be called at the plant for emergency cases
Functional managers will be in contact with the employees and functional manager will call employees upon any urgent requirements.
Information of plant lay-offs to customers, vendors and sub contractors so that they will get prepared for the same.
General lay-off communication via email to all employees of the plant.
Outside employees can remain on work as per their schedule and keep supporting the field work as per their plan.
Official communication to the board of director, investors and corporate for the layoffs schedules.
We would handle both those being laid off and the survivors by preparing the list of survivors and arranging the ethical distribution of work days in the time period of layoffs, so that all the survivors will get equal chance of work and they get supported for their livelihood. This will be in the genuine and ethical ways.
We will follow the Utilitarian Theory of ethics in our lay off and time slot for survivor schedule plan so that all people will get equal opportunity for their work.
Layout your action plan using the headings in the article:
Introduction and the thesis : During the layoffs, the other preventing actions can be carried out like the layout changes, preventive machine maintenances, facility maintenance work, machine calibrations works, plant renovation works, trainings etc.
Short-range cost adjustments: the shrot term cost adjustment can be carried out with the help of layoffs so that the plant saves the operating expenses of the plant.
Medium-range adjustments: the medium range adjustment can be carried out with identify the key projects which are on cost reduction and can be completed in small time frame so that the plant gets the benefits for the same.
Long-range adjustments: the long term cost adjustment needs to be carried out with respect the long term business and strategic projects of the business.
Concluding comments: In the layoffs, we would like to develop the layoff plan, with plan for the backup activities and schedules so that these can be carried out in the absence of production.
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