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Read the chapter — Business Ethics, chapter 6

  1. Introduction
  2. 6.1The Workplace Environment and Working Conditions
  3. 6.2What Constitutes a Fair Wage?
  4. 6.3An Organized Workforce
  5. 6.4Privacy in the Workplace
  6. Summary

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What Employers Owe Employees

The workplace environment and working conditions, what constitutes a fair wage, the organised workforce, and privacy at work.

  • Workplace environment and conditions
  • What constitutes a fair wage?
  • An organised workforce
  • Privacy in the workplace
  • Health, safety and dignity

Learning objectives

  • Describe employer obligations for the workplace environment and working conditions
  • Analyse what constitutes a fair wage
  • Explain the role of an organised workforce
  • Assess the limits of employee privacy in the workplace

Notes

Duty checklist

Safety, fair pay, non-discrimination, privacy, due process in dismissal — the minimum standards, then the practice you would defend publicly.

Wage fairness has three tests

Market comparison, internal equity, and adequacy for a decent life. A wage can pass the first and fail the third.

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