Discipline Exercise

Directions: Answer the following questions for each of the $10$ incidents.

In a typical company, would the incident be considered major or minor offense? Explain why.

Assume that all employees have already been given a disciplinary oral warning for a minor offense within the last two weeks, what type of discipline should be imposed for the offense? Explain.

Employee is caught stealing a new computer from the business.

This is a Major offense.

Employee is caught misfiling correspondence relating to possible company merger.

This is a Minor offense.

Employee refuses to perform additional job duties assigned by the supervisor.

This is a Major offense.

Employee is constantly $30$ minutes late to work; states the problem is alarm clock.

This is a Minor offense.

Employee frequently comes in late from lunch on Fridays $$ states reason is service at local restaurant, but supervisor smells alcohol on employee$$s breath.

This is a Major offense.

Employee refuses to wear safety glasses in designated areas when employee is just walking through areas to get to a staircase.

This is a Minor offense.

Employee enjoys telling off$-$color jokes about a supervisor. A new employee complains to his supervisor about sexual harassment.

This is a Major offense.

After a car accident last year, this employee continues to take pain medication. However, the employee$$s job performance has significantly fallen off from previous standards, and the employee frequently makes mistakes resulting in safety violations.

This is a Major offense.

An employee constantly falls asleep at work desk. Their job consists of answering the phone, directing visitors to the correct office, and delivering mail to the correct personnel.

This is a Major offense.

These two employees were caught throwing punches at each other in the company$$s parking lot after work. Assume that neither employee was injured, and that both admitted to fault. They were observed leaving work together and laughing about the incident that caused the fight.

This is a Minor offense.