Task 8 Labor Relationship

Differentiate between labor relations, labor union, and collective bargaining.
Examine the history of unions in both the private and public sectors.
Summarize the role of the legal system in creating the labor relations climate in the United States.
Discuss the union organization and collective bargaining process.
Explain how a grievance system is part of administering and interpreting a labor agreement.
Recognize current trends in unionization in the United States.
Describe steps that can be taken to prevent theft by employees.
Differentiate between progressive and positive discipline approaches.
Define employment at will.
Explain why some employees are opposed to drug testing.
Summarize why it is important to carefully and thoroughly document each discipline step taken in an organization.
Define safety and health hazards
Examine the causes of work-related accidents and illness.
Explain the legal environment of occupational health and safety regulations, including OSHA and its proposed amendments.
Analyze the impact of stress, violence, IEQ, AIDS, and repetitive motion injuries on the workplace.
Calculate the costs and benefits of an organizational health and safety program.

Read Application Case Study 16-1 on pages 523 through 525.

Write a minimum 2 page paper answering three discussion questions found on page 525. (Questions taken from p. 525 of the text, question 1, 2 and 4.)
1. How do internal controls such as separation of duties, redundancy, and centralized processes discourage employees from committing fraudulent acts?

2. Why are some small businesses more susceptible to employee fraud and theft? Explain.

4. How important is it for an organization to have a code of ethics that defines fraudulent behavior and what happens to those individuals who commit such acts?

Remember: All writing must be supported by academic literature and will be in APA format during this course. You must cite each and every sentence in which you used materials from your academic literature. Your work will be checked for academic integrity by the Turnitin system. For a great breakdown of academic literature, please visit: https://www.lib.unb.ca/research/success/understanding.php

PLEASE DO NOT USE Wikipedia, Ask.com, Articlebase, businessdictionary.com, eHow, smallbusiness.chron.com, term paper websites, etc. From time-to-time, the professor may point out other sources that are not reliable academic sources.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

1. How do internal controls such as separation of duties, redundancy, and centralized processes discourage employees from committing fraudulent acts?
   Employee fraud is a threat to the success of many businesses and costs the economy billions of dollars every year. There are various categories of employee fraud including bribery and corruption, data theft, asset misappropriation, vendor, accounting, and payroll fraud. Although employers take steps to screen potential employees who will not be involved in fraudulent activities once hired, cases of employee fraud still occur. It is therefore advisable for employers to institute deliberate measures to minimize the…