Chapter 14: Retention Management

Description

There are numerous negative organizational consequences to firing employees, including
the discomfort of the supervisor who delivers the termination information, conflict or
sabotage from the departing employee, and the potential for a lawsuit. In response, many
supervisors provide problem employees unpleasant work tasks, reduced working hours, or
otherwise negatively modify their jobs in hopes that the problem employees will simply
quit. What are the ethical issues raised by this strategy?