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ClassMemberDiscussionTopicResponses_case9.2.docxClass Member Discussion Topic Responses
Grading Criteria
You are required to respond with depth, breadth and insight to the discussion question(s) as well as one of your class members. Your response to the discussion question(s) must be tied back to the chapter material and outside research is expected. When I ask you to support your answer, you are expected to combine opinion with, minimum 2, citations, insight from your experiences, observations of others experiences, analysis of the facts/information and a conclusion. PLEASE do not limit your citations to just the book! Find other supporting material outside of the class structure. You are also required to answer the question posed by the instructor and class members’. (Please note: The guidance outlined above will contribute to you “meeting the expectations” for the discussion. Additional participation will contribute to a grade that will “exceed the expectations” for the discussion
The combined original reply and two responses are worth up to 20 points per student. The criteria used to determine the point distribution will be:
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Original Reply: |
10 points |
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Initiated Peer Reply (2): |
8 points |
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Uses of sources: |
2 points |
Cite examples, textbook material, or your own supporting material to back up your opinion.
Action: Read the below peer discussion board posts and provide your classmate with feedback on your opinion of their position. Do you agree and why? Do you disagree and why? Replies to your class members’ are intended to move the discussion forward. Telling them that they simply did a good job is not acceptable. Statements like "I feel", "I believe" and/or "I think" are difficult to measure and, highly, subjective. Asking a question or two about the position they took will move the discussion forward. Replies are 200 word minimum
Peer Reply #1
Annis- Off-duty drug testing
by Rianne
Case Study 9-2: Drug Testing
What argument would you use, for or against a decision by the employer in this case to insist on expanding the drug program to include prohibition of the sale, possession, or use of illegal substances on the employee’s own time? Support your answer.
In reviewing this case, I side with union and the employee’s right to privacy. The following excerpt is regarding an employee’s right to privacy and employers increasingly intruding into their employee’s personal lives.
“Drug testing allows employers to intrude upon the private lives of their employees. The ‘right to be left alone" is, in the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, ‘the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men’ (ALCU)".
As stated in the case, the employee was penalized for not coming into work on a day his crew was working (Cavell and Heavrin, 2013). However, he was called in to do a drug test on his day off- which no known precautions are mentioned. Employees can opt to not take a drug test, but run the risk of being fired for failure to take the drug test (Guerin, 2019).
It is rather unusual to call an employee into work on their day off, not to work, but to take a drug test. An employee has the right to privacy, which was violated by having to undergo drug testing on a day off. Off-duty is the concept of the employee not having any company responsibilities. The employee in question was off duty (no company requirements) and still asked to undergo drug testing in his personal time. By requiring an employee to essentially “be on call” for three years is unreasonable and the employee is also not paid a higher rate for being “on call” 24/7.
Peer Reply #2
Drug Testing
What argument would you use, for or against a decision by the employer in this case to insist on expanding the drug program to include prohibition of the sale, possession, or use of illegal substances on the employee’s own time? Support your answer.
I realize that I am probably going to be in the minority here.
With that said, a decision made by the employer to insist on expanding the drug program to include prohibition of the sale, possession, or use of illegal substances on the employee's own time is an infringement on employees' personal time and private lives. If an employee shows up to work, performs the work consistently and the use of the substance while not at work brings little or no issue to the workplace, then it should not be a concern. Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010 (“CDC - Fact Sheets-Alcohol Use And Health - Alcohol,” n.d.). Yet, alcohol is still legal. What people do in the privacy of their own homes should remain just that--private. Only when the substance use poses an issue in the workplace, should it be addressed.
In addition, procuring a substance (such as an antidepressant, ADHD medication or something for anxiety) outside of a doctor's office or pharmacy would also be considered illegal. But if the substance helps the employee perform his or her work, is it a bother to the other employees? Does it interrupt the work being done? An employer pays the employee to come into work and perform the duties of the job. What sense is it that a company can drug test you and punish you for what you do in your own personal time if it's not affecting your productivity and output? I've worked with some very creative people who smoke illegal substances and can still pass drug tests. Users of CBD for chronic pain fail drug tests because there may be THC present. Poppy seeds still throw drug tests for opioid use.
Also, if an employee feels the need to sell illegal substances on his or her own time, then the company needs to look at raising wages.
If--in fact-- "there is no intent to intrude upon the private lives of employees"... don't.
Class Member Discussion Topic Responses
Grading Criteria
You are required to respond with depth, breadth and insight to the discussion question(s) as well as
one of your class
members. Your response to the discussion question(s) must be tied
back to the chapter material and outside research is
expected. When I ask you to support your answer, you are expected to combine opinion with, minimum 2, citations, insight
from your experiences, observations of others experiences, analysis of the facts/
information and a conclusion.
PLEASE do
not limit your citations to just the book!
Find other supporting material outside of the class structure.
You are also
required to answer the question posed by the instructor and class members’. (Please note: The gu
idance outlined above will
contribute to you “meeting the expectations” for the discussion. Additional participation will contribute to a grade that wil
l
“exceed the expectations” for the discussion
The combined original reply and two responses are worth
up to
20 points per student. The criteria used to
determine the point distribution will be:
Original Reply:
10
points
Initiated Peer
Reply (2):
8
points
Uses of sources:
2 points
Cite examples, textbook material, or your own supporting material to bac
k up your opinion.
Action:
Read the below peer discussion board posts and provide your classmate with feedback on your opinion of their
position. Do you agree and why? Do you disagree and why?
Replies
to your class members’ are intended to move the
discussion forward. Telling them that they simply did a good job is not acceptable. Statements like "I feel", "I believe" and
/or "I
think" are difficult to measure and, highly, subjective. Asking a question
or two about the position they took will move the
discussion forward
.
Replies are 200 word minimum
Peer Reply #1
Annis
-
Off
-
duty drug testing
by
Rianne
Case Study 9
-
2: Drug Testing
What argument would you use, for or against a decision by the employer in this case to insist on expanding the drug
program to include prohibition of the sale, possession, or use of illegal substanc
es on the employee’s own time? Support
your answer.
In reviewing this case, I side with union and the employee’s right to privacy. The following excerpt is regarding an
employee’s right to privacy and employers increasingly intruding into their employee’s
personal lives.
“Drug testing allows employers to intrude upon the private lives of their employees. The ‘right to be left alone" is,
in the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, ‘the most comprehensive of rights and the right
most valued
by civilized men’
(ALCU)".
As stated in the case, the employee was penalized for not coming into work on a day his crew was working (Cavell and
Heavrin, 2013). However, he was called in to do a drug test on his day off
-
which no known precautions are ment
ioned.
Employees can opt to not take a drug test, but run the risk of being fired for failure to take the drug test (Guerin, 2019).
It is rather unusual to call an employee into work on their day off, not to work, but to take a drug test. An employee has
t
he right to privacy, which was violated by having to undergo drug testing on a day off. Off
-
duty is the concept of the
Class Member Discussion Topic Responses
Grading Criteria
You are required to respond with depth, breadth and insight to the discussion question(s) as well as one of your class
members. Your response to the discussion question(s) must be tied back to the chapter material and outside research is
expected. When I ask you to support your answer, you are expected to combine opinion with, minimum 2, citations, insight
from your experiences, observations of others experiences, analysis of the facts/information and a conclusion. PLEASE do
not limit your citations to just the book! Find other supporting material outside of the class structure. You are also
required to answer the question posed by the instructor and class members’. (Please note: The guidance outlined above will
contribute to you “meeting the expectations” for the discussion. Additional participation will contribute to a grade that will
“exceed the expectations” for the discussion
The combined original reply and two responses are worth up to 20 points per student. The criteria used to
determine the point distribution will be:
Original Reply: 10 points
Initiated Peer Reply (2): 8 points
Uses of sources: 2 points
Cite examples, textbook material, or your own supporting material to back up your opinion.
Action: Read the below peer discussion board posts and provide your classmate with feedback on your opinion of their
position. Do you agree and why? Do you disagree and why? Replies to your class members’ are intended to move the
discussion forward. Telling them that they simply did a good job is not acceptable. Statements like "I feel", "I believe" and/or "I
think" are difficult to measure and, highly, subjective. Asking a question or two about the position they took will move the
discussion forward. Replies are 200 word minimum
Peer Reply #1
Annis- Off-duty drug testing
by Rianne
Case Study 9-2: Drug Testing
What argument would you use, for or against a decision by the employer in this case to insist on expanding the drug
program to include prohibition of the sale, possession, or use of illegal substances on the employee’s own time? Support
your answer.
In reviewing this case, I side with union and the employee’s right to privacy. The following excerpt is regarding an
employee’s right to privacy and employers increasingly intruding into their employee’s personal lives.
“Drug testing allows employers to intrude upon the private lives of their employees. The ‘right to be left alone" is,
in the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, ‘the most comprehensive of rights and the right
most valued by civilized men’ (ALCU)".
As stated in the case, the employee was penalized for not coming into work on a day his crew was working (Cavell and
Heavrin, 2013). However, he was called in to do a drug test on his day off- which no known precautions are mentioned.
Employees can opt to not take a drug test, but run the risk of being fired for failure to take the drug test (Guerin, 2019).
It is rather unusual to call an employee into work on their day off, not to work, but to take a drug test. An employee has
the right to privacy, which was violated by having to undergo drug testing on a day off. Off-duty is the concept of the
