Employement

Question 1

what are trade unions?

Answer 1

an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests

Question 2

what company is renowned for not allowing a trade union to form?

Answer 2

Walmart

Question 3

Does the UK have trade unions?

Answer 3

there is no common structure for workers representation in the UK and most non union companies have an employee representation.

Question 4

what is employment discrimination?

Answer 4

Employment discrimination is a form of discrimination based on race, gender, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, and age by employers.

Question 5

What falls under the category of bullying?

Answer 5

unsuitable language, criticism, menial tasks, promotion blocking, work overload, exclusion, insults, intimidation, false claims of misconduct, cyber bullying

Question 6

what are the moral foundations of employee rights?

Answer 6

Power and authority relationships between employees and employers are asymmetrical.
Employees are generally in a worse position for bargaining with respect to there employers.
Employees should always be treated in a way that they are respected as humans.

Question 7

what is unethical employment?

Answer 7

off-shoring to exploit other countries, child labour, retracting on pension agreements, working longer hours, highly stressful work, bullying, gender bias

Question 8

what are the guidelines about ethical behaviour at work

Answer 8

ethics should stem from the top , hard and unrealistic challenges can lead to unethical behaviour, there should be no reward for bad behaviour, punish unethical behaviour.

Question 9

What UK company is renowned for unethical employment in the UK, and staff monitoring

Answer 9

Sport Direct

Question 10

What US company is renowned for staff monitoring?

Answer 10

Walmart

Question 11

What are the positives of staff monitoring

Answer 11

Increased production of good and services at a more efficient level and also it means it can reduce the amount of staff needed to produce an item.
Labour is easier and safer/increased life expectancy
Higher production
Higher standard of living

Question 12

How can staff be monitored?

Answer 12

Internet/emails
Phonecalls
GPS
CCTV

Question 13

what are the negative effects of staff monitoring?

Answer 13

Creates mundane unsatisfying jobs
Staff have lost their jobs to technology
Environmental pollution
Quicker depletion to natural resources

Question 14

what is staff monitoring

Answer 14

Technology is at the core of most businesses today. However with the coming of new technology and new advances it always carry further issues such as monitoring there staff movement through CCTV, there computers and trackers on vehicles.

Question 15

what does privacy at work for staff mean?

Answer 15

the right to control information about oneself.

Question 16

Do employees have the right to monitor staff

Answer 16

YUP, Unfortunately by law employers do have the right to monitor their staff, however the employer must respect the privacy of an employee and when a search of an employee is conducted it should be by the same sex and done with a witness present.
Employees must explain the amount of monitoring taking place clearly in one’s contract. However an employer is well within their rights to monitor staff.

Question 17

Sweatshops? Nike

Answer 17

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