Case Study - Workers Need Understanding Too 
If you walked around a Transocean Sedco Forex oil rig off the coast of New Orleans, you would see something that would amaze you. Almost all workers wear three decals on their helmets. One says "Start by understanding me." The other two are colored dots. What is it about? The colored dots reveal to teammates the personality that exists under the helmet. The company believes that  workers understand each other and get along better if they know the personalities of their colleagues. Transocean hired a consulting company to offer personality assessments to its 8,300 workers worldwide. For example, employees are presented with 28 groups of four words so that they can choose the one that best describes them and the one that defines them the worst (any card says, for example, lazy, obedient, firm, playful). They are then taught to Grade your exam and find out what your dominant colors are. Thus, reds are impulsive; the 
yellow ones are emotional, talkative and they like people. The greens are cautious and serious. The reds are willful and determined and the blues dislike change and are a bit insipid. Platform workers wear their points on their helmets, while ground employees put them on the door of their offices. No one is obligated to display their colors and some think the program invades their privacy. Tim Callais, Transocean's operational security advisor, says those who question the credibility of the program "must be blue." Many employees find points helpful. Thom Keeton, a red-green platform manager, keeps a scent chart under the glass that protects his desk so he has reference at hand. Tom Watkins, first crewman on a drillship who is also red-green, thinks the colors reflect his personality well: gruff to the point that he doesn't like to talk much. Davis Gray, a blue-yellow, says the colored dots help him deal with red-green nerves, now that he knows he has to get to the point faster. This program does not only apply to Transocean. Similar personality coding programs exist among many factory employees. Assembly line workers in Kentucky use the system. The same as police officers in Kansas, electricians in Texas, construction groups in Florida and carpenters and plumbers in New York.

After reading, answer the following questions: 

• Are you surprised that oil workers accept a program like this?
• How valid do you find color-coded personality ratings?
• Do you think having employees “ Wear their personality on their helmet” is intrusive? Do you think it is immoral? Because?
• The CEO of Transocean supports the program, but says, "I can be any color I want." Do you agree? Explain.

Instructions:

• Provide a minimum of 2 pages. It must include at least 2 academic sources, formatted and cited in accordance with current APA regulations.