The mid-sized DEFm company was on track to double in size since their most recent energy-storing battery hit the market. Henrique, the HR manager was tasked with hiring 100 new employees in 8 months. Thankfully, they had online resume screening that extracted anyone's application that did not meet the initial requirements. Once the candidate passed the initial screening, they were interviewed by phone, then interviewed via Zoom conference call by the HR Manager and an assistant. Finally, their direct manager would interview them with one other employee from the department.

Kyle was thus hired as a new engineer at DEFm shortly after his final interview. At first, everyone was extremely charmed by the newcomer who seemed to be a great communicator and willing to jump in to help on whatever project was assigned. But soon, some of the staff were complaining to their boss that they were overworked, and just could not keep up with the workload.

Suspecting Kyle might be at the bottom of all these complaints, he decided to do some investigating.

• Without alerting Kyle, where might he start his investigation?
• What steps could the organization take as part of effective employee screening practices? Please provide some examples.
• What steps can the organization take to produce and maintain a culture of honesty and high ethics?