When is it appropriate to give a job applicant, employee, associate, colleague,

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When is it appropriate to give a job applicant, employee, associate, colleague, or partner a second chance? Consider the following situations:

a. A manager is very effective in getting maximum efforts and results from her staff. However, the staff complains about suffering continual verbal abuse from the manager, including receiving belittling comments both privately and in public. Should her employer fi re the manager or seek to rehabilitate her?

b. An employee is a recovering cocaine addict. Since successfully completing rehabilitation, he has received a college degree and been drug-free for three years. Would you hire him?

c. Donald Sterling, co-owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, a team in the National Basketball Association, made racist remarks in a private conversation that was recorded secretly by his girlfriend. Should the other NBA owners have attempted to oust him from team ownership?

d. Jerry Sandusky, a coach for the Penn State football program, was observed engaging in same-sex relations with a youth attending his program for underprivileged youths. In 2012, he was convicted of 52 counts of sexual abuse of young boys over a 15-year period. Should Penn State have fi red him as a coach when it had fi rst notice of one instance of abuse or should it have attempted to rehabilitate him? After the full extent of his crimes have become known, would it be appropriate for Penn State or any other employer to hire him for a position in which he has contact with young boys? Are there jobs for which you would hire him? Why or why not?

Explanation / Answer

1. This is a not so uncommon case in organization which have a highly KRA driven environment. Those who achieve their KRA consider themselves as relatively better than others. This state of mental entitlement often results in an uncalled behaviour.

This kind of behavious can be improved by making the person go through a business etiquette training. The curriculum should cover behavious modelling and people skills.

So, yes the person amy be given a second chance but only if s/he scores an acceptable score in the training program.

2. Please note, getting a college degree doesnt gurantee that the person has completly stopped doing drugs. You may ask the applicant to take drug tests for multiple time for a few days. Many big companies have a what is reffered to as a surprise drug tests and severe actions are taken against those found guilty.

3. Racisim in any form is prohibited and is a punishable offence, however its also a case of breach of a persons privacy. If he desreves to be oust from the ownership of the team or be allowed a second chance is a much bigger decision, and should be left to the jurisdiction.

4. I do not think this person deserves a second chance, as the charges have been proven against him. Sexual abuse is not defined by any gender, and those involved in it should be punished as per the legal norms of the nation.

Thanks!

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