For management class,
Paul Jenkins is an assembly line supervisor of 50 employees who work the 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM shift. The company does not allow smoking or vaping in the workplace but there is an unwritten practice that employees are allowed to go outside for two 10 minute “smoke breaks” during the day. Eleven employees in Paul’s work group smoke or vape and they all take two such breaks, one around 9:30 AM, and one around 1:30 PM. Last Tuesday, Paul found a petition on his desk, signed by 30 employees:
From the Non-Smokers – We are Fed UP
Some employees in this department get a break to go outside and smoke or vape during the day but we don’t get a break like that and it’s not right. We are asking that you allow us to go home 20 minutes early.
We propose to record on our timesheets that we worked until 3:00 PM but we the non-smokers
and non-vapers will really leave at 2:40 PM. We think this is ONLY FAIR!
Considering the main approaches to ethical decision making, what should Paul do?
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