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CASE FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS RICHMOND SUPPLY CO. lasper Hennings, cwner of Richmond Supply Co, knew ful well a company's top executives were largely responsble for determining a he'd found himself spending hours at work visiting pomographic stes firm's corporate oulture. That's why he took such personal pride in the the more explcit the better. Jmper was stunned. After a few speechless culture of his wholesale plumbing supply company. It didn't just pay lip minutes, he told Henry to take the rest of the day off, go home and service to the values it espoused- integrity, honesty and a respect for think things over. each individual employee. His management team set a good example by living those principles. At least that's what he'd beleved unt adult pormography sites. At frst, he'd indulged at home, but of lat The owner himself needed the aftemoon to gather his wits. How should he hande this turn of events? On the one hand, Henry's immediate dismissal of the woman who'd tapped into another The importance Jasper attached to respecting each individual was empkoyee's email when the operations chief was violating the Internet apparent in the company's Intemet use policy. It was abundantly dlear policy himself was hypocritical, to say the least. The person charged that employees weren't to use Richmond's computers for anything with enforcing that poicy needed to be held to the highest standards but business-related activities However, Jasper himself had vetoed On the other hand, lasper knew that Rchmond employees routinely the inclsion of what was becoming a standard provision in such policies that management had the right to access and review anything transactions, check the weather or make vacation armrangements. The employees created, stored, sent or received on company equipment He company had turned a blind eye because it didn't seem worth the cut short any talk of instaling software fiters that would prevent abuse effort of enforcing the hard-and-fast policy for such minor infractions of the corporate computer system. Sil, the company reserved the right Besides, Henry was a valued, if clearly troubled, employee. Replacing to take dsciplnary action, including possble termination, and to press him would be costly and difficult. if Jasper decided to keep him an, the criminal charges if an employee was found to have violated the policy president clearly had no choice but to cross the line and get involved in used computers at their desks to check personal email, do banking Henry's private life, and he would be treating Darger differently from So how was he to square his cherished assumptions about his management team with what he'd just discovered? Henry Darger his hard-working chiet of operations, had summanly fred a female employee for having accessed another worker's email surreptbitiously needed to have a plian of action She hadn't taken her dismissal well. ust ask Darger what he's up to when he shuts his office door, she snarled as she stormed out of lasper's office. She made what Jasper hoped was an idle theeat to hire 1 What environmental factors have helped to create the situation a lawyer the treatment the female employee received. When he met with Henry again first thing in the morning, h QUESTIONS Jasper Hennings faces? What factors does Jasper need to consider When lasper asked Henry what the fired employee could possibly when deciding on his course of action? have meant, tears began to roll down the operations chief's face. He 2 Analyse Richmond's cuture. In addition to the expressed cultural admitted that ever since a young nephew had committed suicide the year before and a business he'd helped his wife start had faled, he'd you detect? Are conflicting values present? When values an ncreasingly been seeking escape from his troubles by logging onto values and beliets, what other subcorscious values and beliefs do conflict, how would you decide which ones take precedence? CASE FOR CRITICAL ANALYSIS RICHMOND SUPPLY CO. lasper Hennings, cwner of Richmond Supply Co, knew ful well a company's top executives were largely responsble for determining a he'd found himself spending hours at work visiting pomographic stes firm's corporate oulture. That's why he took such personal pride in the the more explcit the better. Jmper was stunned. After a few speechless culture of his wholesale plumbing supply company. It didn't just pay lip minutes, he told Henry to take the rest of the day off, go home and service to the values it espoused- integrity, honesty and a respect for think things over. each individual employee. His management team set a good example by living those principles. At least that's what he'd beleved unt adult pormography sites. At frst, he'd indulged at home, but of lat The owner himself needed the aftemoon to gather his wits. How should he hande this turn of events? On the one hand, Henry's immediate dismissal of the woman who'd tapped into another The importance Jasper attached to respecting each individual was empkoyee's email when the operations chief was violating the Internet apparent in the company's Intemet use policy. It was abundantly dlear policy himself was hypocritical, to say the least. The person charged that employees weren't to use Richmond's computers for anything with enforcing that poicy needed to be held to the highest standards but business-related activities However, Jasper himself had vetoed On the other hand, lasper knew that Rchmond employees routinely the inclsion of what was becoming a standard provision in such policies that management had the right to access and review anything transactions, check the weather or make vacation armrangements. The employees created, stored, sent or received on company equipment He company had turned a blind eye because it didn't seem worth the cut short any talk of instaling software fiters that would prevent abuse effort of enforcing the hard-and-fast policy for such minor infractions of the corporate computer system. Sil, the company reserved the right Besides, Henry was a valued, if clearly troubled, employee. Replacing to take dsciplnary action, including possble termination, and to press him would be costly and difficult. if Jasper decided to keep him an, the criminal charges if an employee was found to have violated the policy president clearly had no choice but to cross the line and get involved in used computers at their desks to check personal email, do banking Henry's private life, and he would be treating Darger differently from So how was he to square his cherished assumptions about his management team with what he'd just discovered? Henry Darger his hard-working chiet of operations, had summanly fred a female employee for having accessed another worker's email surreptbitiously needed to have a plian of action She hadn't taken her dismissal well. ust ask Darger what he's up to when he shuts his office door, she snarled as she stormed out of lasper's office. She made what Jasper hoped was an idle theeat to hire 1 What environmental factors have helped to create the situation a lawyer the treatment the female employee received. When he met with Henry again first thing in the morning, h QUESTIONS Jasper Hennings faces? What factors does Jasper need to consider When lasper asked Henry what the fired employee could possibly when deciding on his course of action? have meant, tears began to roll down the operations chief's face. He 2 Analyse Richmond's cuture. In addition to the expressed cultural admitted that ever since a young nephew had committed suicide the year before and a business he'd helped his wife start had faled, he'd you detect? Are conflicting values present? When values an ncreasingly been seeking escape from his troubles by logging onto values and beliets, what other subcorscious values and beliefs do conflict, how would you decide which ones take precedence