HU245 Employee Rights Case Study

HU245 Employee Rights Case Study

 

HU245 Employee Rights Case Study

Employee Rights Case Study For seven years, Allen Lopez had worked for ExtremeNet, a well-known, global, high-technology company that provides clients with Internet
services such as e-commerce and Web development, online marketing, strategic planning, and research. Allen was well paid and performed well in a responsible middle-
management position, which he found rewarding. However, as ExtremeNet struggled to manage the effects of an economic downturn, Allen became disenchanted with the
company’s treatment of lower-level employees, including his own assistant. Among Allen’s concerns were gender and age discrimination during layoffs, as well as changes
to personnel policies that he believed treated lower-level employees unfairly. Allen’s frustrations grew after he raised his concerns in vain with his superiors. What
he did next put his career in jeopardy: Working at home over several weekends, Allen created and published on the Internet a satiric website that inveighed against the
abusive management practices of a fictional company that bore a striking resemblance to ExtremeNet. The site gained some notoriety among high- tech websites and in the
business press.

The vice presidents of ExtremeNet were incensed to learn of the site’s existence and were concerned that the site generated so much traffic and publicity. Although
Allen protested that he acted out of a sense of justice and asserted that his creative work was protected by his first amendment rights, this did not prevent the
leadership team of ExtremeNet from hastily assembling an emergency meeting to decide whether Allen Lopez should be discharged, and whether ExtremeNet should file suit
to have his satirical website removed from the World Wide Web.

 

Assignment Details

Conflict Resolution Paper Assignment

Read the case study for this unit regarding ExtremeNet and Allen Lopez.As the Chief Executive Officer for ExtremeNet, you are responsible for resolving the conflict
between Allen Lopez and ExtremeNet in a manner that demonstrates solid ethical reasoning skills and the ability to manage stakeholder interests.
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As the leader of ExtremeNet, it is your responsibility to resolve the following questions:
Should Allen Lopez be allowed to keep his job with ExtremeNet? Support your answer using ethical theory.
Should ExtremeNet attempt a lawsuit to force the removal of this website? Support your answer using ethical theory.
How can ExtremeNet’s leadership best respect the rights of Allen Lopez and ExtremeNet? Explain the impact of your ethical decision on Allen Lopez and the company.
How can ExtremeNet’s leadership best repair the relationship between management and employees while meeting the needs and goals of the company? Demonstrate an
understanding of the issues and how to best unify the company to move forward.
Write a one to two page decision in which you address the above questions and explain your reasoning.

The paper should be double-spaced, well organized, and free of errors.
Put your Assignment in a Word document. Save it in a location and with a name that will help your instructor identify the Assignment, the course, and you, the student.
When you are ready to submit it, click on the Unit 8 Assignment Dropbox.

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