<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>8409</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robert Ladenson</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Firing Employees Who Sell Illegal Drugs </style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">business</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BUSINESS ethics</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business Ethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">03/1997</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Illegal%20Drug%20Use%20.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology</style></publisher><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A company, concerned about illegal drug use on its premises by employees, hires an undercover agent. As a result o f the agent's investigation, two employees are arrested. The employees offered to sell the agent &quot;speed,&quot; and actually delivered it to him. There were two transactions, one for $180 and another for $150. The agent was actually sold diet pills and caffeine capsules. Ultimately the criminal charges against the two employees were dismissed. The employees, however, were fired shortly after the incident. The Company's work rules, in relation to drugs, forbid the use, or possession, of illegal drugs on the company premises. The Company’s collective bargaining agreement with the union representing Company employees specifies that discipline or discharge shall only be for just cause. The union files a grievance protesting the firing of the two employees. Assume that you are a labor arbitrator re viewing the above grievance. What is your ruling, and why?</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case from the March 6, 1997 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl. Copyright Robert Ladenson, Center for the Study of Ethics at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1997.</style></notes></record></records></xml>