Chapter 3: Ethical Treatment of Employees

Chapter 3: Ethical Treatment of Employees Review of Subject The constant friction between employee and employer rights is the subject of this chapter. Laws, regulations, and the courts are tasked with weighing workplace interests against one another and deciding which prevails, and to what degree. The chapter goes in-depth describing the At-Will employment principle, which is the legal right of a private employer to fire an employee without providing a reason, and how due process fits into that. The chapter then goes in-depth into the friction that exists between the rights of employees to be safe in the workplace and an employers rights to run their own business, as well as the right of employees to be aware of...