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You are worried that Patricia may raise Jackie to you in any discussion about time<br />

and attendance.<br />

How do you handle these two problem employees?<br />

Please use legal support to sustain your analysis.<br />

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<strong>MGT</strong> <strong>434</strong> Week 4 DQ 2<br />

<strong>MGT</strong> <strong>434</strong> Week 4 DQ 2<br />

You are the Office Manager for a marketing company. The company has Nights<br />

Out once a quarter. At these events, the President will cheer the group on with her<br />

comments about sales and other positive events. She will also acknowledge<br />

birthdays, anniversaries with the company and other employee related topics.<br />

Alcohol is served during the evening. Participation is not mandatory. Ar the end<br />

of the year Nights Out, held on December 15, she has had a few drinks. When it is<br />

time for her to give her speech, she tells the group that she heard a great blonde<br />

joke on Letterman. Before she tells the joke, she tells Sandy, her admin, not to get<br />

too upset with her blonde joke. She tells the joke. It is not funny and, in reality, is<br />

quite dumb. People groan at the punch line. Two days later, word filters to you<br />

that blonde jokes are now being posted on the company’s intranet. They have<br />

become quite crude and dirty, placing Sandra as the blonde in the joke. Sandy<br />

comes to you and says that she is offended by the jokes. She says that people have<br />

told her that she can go to EEOC and file a claim for sexual harassment and hostile<br />

work environment. You tell her that you are gong to investigate the matter. When<br />

you do, you learn that the jokes were primarily posted by the IT night crew. You<br />

contact the team leader of IT. You confront her about the jokes and say that people<br />

will have to be disciplined for such problematic conduct.. Upon hearing that, the<br />

team leader says to you: “Well, we all take the same punishment as the

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