•  19
    A Joint for the Joints
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 14 327-330. 2017.
    Drug use in the workplace can pose legal and ethical challenges for employers and their employees. In this case, Fred is a long-term employee of the James Bay Logging Company who recently returned to the workplace after extensive cancer treatment. Back on the job, he experienced debilitating joint pain, a side effect of his treatments. Fred’s decision to self-medicate with marijuana for pain management poses risks for people and property in his position as a logging truck operator and a moral di…Read more
  •  12
    Overworked and Underpaid
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 13 403-406. 2016.
    Tracy has a new job, a stable paycheque, and a new lease on life in a very tight job market. As a new paralegal, just six months into her position at a law firm supporting two very busy personal injury lawyers, Tracy’s workload and pace demands that she regularly works after hours. Her overtime, however, does not show up on her paycheque. She knows other firms pay their employees for overtime, but in her law firm, overtime is expected and unpaid. The Employment Standards Act requires employees t…Read more
  •  10
    Considering the Costs of Signing an NDA
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 18 261-266. 2021.
    With her heavy-equipment operator certification in hand, Fiona is a new hire on a construction crew; the only woman in a family-owned organization aside from the HR manager, the sister of the company president and vice-president. Soon after her hire, the president of the company began a pattern of sexually targeting Fiona. She went to great lengths to avoid her boss, but the harassment and assaults continued. After one incident, Fiona reported the abuse to the company VP who offered her a financ…Read more
  •  7
    I Am in Room 523
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 17 215-220. 2020.
    Initiatives to encourage more women in STEM-related industries have had mixed results. Adding more women to longstanding male-dominated STEM occupations has highlighted issues in workplace culture that are hostile to women. In this case, the CEO of an engineers' professional association, NSE, is accused of making a sexually suggestive remark to two female engineers at the annual convention. One of the women, Claire, lodged a complaint with the board. After reviewing the investigation report, the…Read more
  •  7
    Falsifying Expense Receipts
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 16 213-215. 2019.
    In its 2018 global study on occupational fraud, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners found asset misappropriation the most common category of fraud with expense reimbursement schemes the most frequent and costly form of misappropriation. In this case, Cassandra, a valued junior attorney on track to become a partner at her law firm, is strongly encouraged by a supportive senior attorney to join him in ordering an after-hours meal in clear violation of the firm's meal expensing policy. Whi…Read more
  •  6
    Of COVID-19 and Chickens: The Ethics of One Workplace Safety Policy Early in the Pandemic
    with Shafik Bhalloo
    Journal of Business Ethics Education 19 247-252. 2022.
    The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic created considerable challenges for the food supply chain. One of the industries hardest hit was the agricultural and agri-foods industry. This industry has long faced worker shortages and regularly relied on temporary foreign workers. In this case, Roosters, a chicken processing and production company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, had just come off a very costly 12-day closure following a COVID-19 exposure risk in two of its processing plants. Wi…Read more