You are a Human Resource Analyst, reporting to the VP of Human Resources of a large retail company (called MPS)-5000 employees spread across five states and 15 stores, each with a Store Manager. The CEO has begun to hear of some bad employee Interactions occurring around the upcoming elections and has begun to be concerned about potential incidents related to the election. Some of these have occurred because of T-shirts or hats supporting different candidates that employees have been wearing to work. Recently, there was some fall-out from the store s communication around disagreements over police brutality and protocol issues and where the store stood on Police funding initiatives. To her amazement, the organization had no policies regulating political behavior in the workplace. The customer service representatives are unionized and comprise a quarter of the organization. Their union has endorsed the democratic candidate for President. Wanting to get ahead of the curve, the CEO asked the VP of Human Resources to prepare a 2 page response on the following issue(s): What are the major variables or issues that MPS should be considering in terms of creating policies about the regulation of speech or political activities within the organization? What would you identify as three to four policy or action initiatives that should be taken now and your rationale for doing so? What should the role of organizational leadership be in this arena? For example, should the organization endorse a particular party or candidate? What restrictions, if any, should be placed on worker behavior on or off work? The VP of HR has asked you to complete the task. If you are using material from the Internet or other sources in your analysis, these must be appropriately cited. Any connection to themes covered in the class may help your score.