Was Rob's Choice Justified?

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “prohibits discriminating against an individual in the selection process” (Moran, 2014, p. 32) due to a potential disability. A disability can be defined as a mental or physical condition that can result in some sort of handicap. As a result, the employer may be required to accommodate the people who are considered as disabled, to help them perform his or her job duties.

Cosgrove who was the Cleveland Clinic’s chief executive. This particular clinic had recently stopped allowing smokers to work at their business. Leonhardt writes, “Cosgrove says that if it were up to him, if there weren’t legal issues, he would not only stop hiring smokers. He would also stop hiring obese people…people’s weight is a reflection of how much they eat and how active they are” (636-37). I thoroughly disagree with Cosgrove’s statements and here’s why.

The Company’s pledge to provide a safe and healthy work environment bans smoking on Company properties, including but not limited to break areas, bathrooms, and work areas. Employees who smoke will be able to do so only on break and lunch times. They will have to go outside of the Company’s facility in the designated smoking areas on the property.

Equality: ‘Some careers, and the people they care for, experience discrimination or harassment because of their age, disability or caring role, or for other reasons such as race, sex or sexual orientation’(www.nhs.uk). Discrimination can affect your work, cause problems in your other activities.

When you are a smoker you are making the decision to damage your own body, but little do you know you are also damaging everyone else's body that you are in the room with. John

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH, 2007; Richardson (2001) argued that manual groups are likely to smoke heavier than the managerial groups and stated likely reason for this such as food insecurity, substitute for food, social environment, segregation and pressure, lack of good health and lack of confidence. In addition to this, epidemiology statistics reported by Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC, 2013 and Wanless, 2004) stated that smoking is more prevalent among the lower socio-economic groups and known to be key part of the disparities in life expectation between manual and non-manual groups. Therefore it is important something is done to eradicate inequality in the health of the general population.

Opinion: Kyle using his gender and former working relationship with a member accountable for making the selection is a prime example of poor ethics, and a dearth of morals. I will discuss the other problems Kyle generated as well as the course concepts involved in part 2.

For job advertisements, the EEOC has said it is illegal to publish an advertisement for a job that shows a preference for or discourages someone from applying for a job because of race, religion, excreta. When recruiting it is illegal to recruit new employees in a way that discriminates against them. It is illegal for an employer to discriminate against an employee when it comes to wages and benefits. When it comes to employees with disabilities, the employer must make reasonable accommodations for the employee, unless it causes excessive expense or burden on the business. It is always illegal to harass employees based on religion, sex, color, race, and etcetera. When it comes to an employment application, employers are not allowed to ask questions regarding, race, height and weight, financial information, religious affiliation, marital status, and any medical questions, unless it would interfere with properly doing the

Equal opportunity employment policy). Most importantly, stop making it politically incorrect to suggest that an obese person is in fact obese. As long as the government continues to allow these people to be a drain on society nothing will change. If a person wants to be considered for a job that a fit person can do better, then he/ she needs do what it takes to be able to compete at that level. Furthermore, a company should not be forced to change their methods because an obese person will not change theirs. It has been shown that although being overweight may be due to genetics the condition of obesity is brought on by the persons’ own life style choices. Think about it; should a person that has put in the extra effort to be in shape be over looked for a job simply due to the fact that and obese person can claim discrimination? I know it is not fair but, that is what is happening with these laws set to protect

There are people that abuse their “smoking privileges”. I personally hate smoking but as long as they don’t abuse their privileges on “smoking breaks” I would be okay with it. I can’t discriminate against anyone, because I know there are habits of my own that some people I’m sure hate as well.

Health impact is not only on cigarette smokers but also the ones next to them. “Secondhand smoke is composed of side stream smoke (the smoke released from the burning end of a cigarette) and exhaled mainstream smoke (the smoke exhaled by the smoker)” (Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health, 2010). Report shows that the health impact on second-hand smokers is even greater than that on the smoker. (Schick, S., & Glantz, S., 2005) Third-hand smoke is the tobacco smoke that attached to clothing, wall, furniture, hair, skin and other materials after the cigarette is extinguished. So,

Nicotine is highly addictive, which is one of the reasons why it is so dangerous. The nicotine withdrawals a person might go through can be one of the biggest reasons they cannot/will not quit. Smokers may know the dangers it causes, but have too much difficulty quitting and it is no longer an option for them. They may decide to continue smoking, accepting the risks simply because of the psychological and physical traumas quitting takes them through. One of the employees fired by Weyco in Michigan due to its ban on smoking, Cara Stiffler, spoke out about the policy. She strongly disagrees with the ban and she believes that quitting smoking is a fight about personal liberty. She says “I want to quit, but I want it to be on my terms, not someone forcing me to make that

Discrimination occurs when an employee suffers from unfavorable or unfair treatment due to their race, religion, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Employees who have suffered reprisals for opposing workplace discrimination or for reporting violations to the authorities are also considered to be discriminated against. Federal law prohibits discrimination in work-related areas, such as recruiting, hiring, job evaluations, promotion policies, training, compensation and disciplinary action. (employeeissues.com, 2006)

Smoking can be very fun. Smoking is a good way to kick back during work. Smoking can actually be a reward, and a reward that we can give to ourselves at any time of the day. Smoking a cigarette after accomplishing a goal can be very pleasurable. Whether at home or in the workplace smoking can be used as a reward. After finishing a task or specified amount of work, a

The pictures were empty which doesn’t make sense if there are 450,000 employees. Also, smoking is a common pass time in the workplace in every country, where fellow employees talk, flirt, complain about their boss, and have a solid human interactional break. At Foxconn however, they smoke alone in the shadows with zero human interaction.