ACCOUNTANTS WITH A LICENSE TO CARRY MORE THAN JUST A BRIEFCASE Isaac Murillo, the accounting manager at Precision Exce ration, was a hunter and gun collector. He and Kevin Carstens, an accountant who had worked for Precision for 5 months, liked to talk about guns and occasionally bring guns from their collections to work to show each other. On September 1, Kevin Carstens was bragging that he had just received a concealed gun permit to Gloria Horner, an administrative assistant in the accounting department. Gloria asked Kevin if he had one with him. Kevin replied "No," and Gloria turned around in her chair and resumed working. Seconds later, Gloria felt something touch the hair on the back of her head. When she turned around, Kevin was laughing and holding a small gun. "I lied!" he chuckled and put the gun in his waistband and walked back to his desk. A very upset Gloria reported the incident to Isaac Murillo, the accounting manager, who apologized and said he would take care of it, reminding her that there was t not a policy against having a weapon at Precision. The next day, Isaac told Gloria that Kevin Carstens had been warned and dinibuted a "No Weapons policy to all employees, stating that Exton mentais that To place and for of vle for all players, the pain or use of dengan compoy property is strictly prohibited. A carry the upon does not perde mpany polies dy perating this policy will be subject to ppt desciplinary action, up to and including termination. All compl to this provision, including contact and temporary minton and castomers on company property including all contract work sites, company-oned vehicles and equipment, and parking lots under the company's murship or control" On November 22, Gloria Horner again appeared in Maxwell Barr's HR office, visibly upset. "Would you please transfer me to another department? Ever since I told you about the guns at work, my bos haac has made me the scapegoat for anything that doesn't go his way He's piling on the busy work and cutting my hours. It's affecting my home life and I just can't take it anymore. On top of that, he still talks about guns all the time and it really upsets me. Just today, I heard him talking to Harold Siha about deer season starting. Harold said he was taking the afternoon off to hunt and had his shogun and coveralls in his truck in the company parking lot. Maxwell Bauer sold Gloria to take the afternoon off with pay, and he would sort it all out before she came to about his behavior with the gan and wouldn't bring guns to work again On the evening of Ocuber 10, Kevin Carstens was arrested at the home of his ex-wife for threatening her with a loaded gun. The next morning, Maxwell Baart, the IR manager at Precision asked Isaac Murillo, the accounting manager, if he had any problems with Kevin in the past. Isaac said no, making no mention of the incident with Gloria. Maxwell, the HR manager, explained that he was going to fire Kevin anyway. A few minutes later, Gloria Homer appeared in the HR office and asked Maxwell if he knew that Isaac Murillo and Kevin Carstens had a munual interest in guns. When he said no, Gloria went on to explain how Kevin had made her uncomfortable on September 1 by brandishing his gun in her presence. Maxwell Bauer was furious that Isaac Murillo had not told him about the September 1 incident. He then called Isaac to his office and angrily chastised him for facilitating the "workplace gan show" and for not reporting the inc dent or disciplinary action to HR. Maxwell quickly created work in the morning. Gloria gratefully accepted the e and left. Maxwell Baser was left to determine a course of action for baac Murillo, the accounting manager, that he blamed for the whole gun mes and Harold Silva, a popul project manager with 25 years at the company who was in violation of the "No Weapons polics because he had a s gun in company parking lot. Questions 1. Explain the procedure that HR Manager Maxwell Barr should follow when firing accountant Kevin Carstens What legal and ethical concerns should Maxwell be aware of (LO3,7)