Case Study-Campus Food Systems
Campus Food Systems
Timothy W. Turner
Human Resource Management Methods
Professor Sherbert
February 21, 2012
Abstract
Cindy Breen, an intern working with Campus Food Systems (CFS) was assigned the task of writing a report on work accidents in the food service areas. This task became more of a moral issue for her when her supervisor asked her to omit pertinent information from her final report. To choose whether or not she should listen to her supervisor versus what she felt would be the right thing to do would indeed test her moral character.
In my opinion, safety is of the utmost importance in any work environment and the only way to fix a safety issue is to document any incidents that may occur and to (above anything else) be honest. However, Cindy’s supervisor could hold her future in his hand if she does the right thing because he is in charge of part of the final evaluation/grade of her internship.
Should Cindy go against her morals and omit the information? Is the omitted information even worth including in the report? Does omitting some incidents mean the detriment of an organization? “What should Cindy do?”
Campus Food Systems The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in order to “ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance” (OSHA, 2011). So, when the Campus Food Systems (CFS) became at risk of being taken over by a much bigger corporation, Jake Platt tried to find a way to ensure that CFS remained a self-operated program. His way of going about this was by putting an intern (Cindy Breen) in charge of student help and assigning her the task of creating a report on accidents in the workplace. This report would then be sent to President Sheila Dawes who was now the new president of the university where CFS operates. It would also be sent to the Human Resource Department of the university so
Timothy W. Turner
Human Resource Management Methods
Professor Sherbert
February 21, 2012
Abstract
Cindy Breen, an intern working with Campus Food Systems (CFS) was assigned the task of writing a report on work accidents in the food service areas. This task became more of a moral issue for her when her supervisor asked her to omit pertinent information from her final report. To choose whether or not she should listen to her supervisor versus what she felt would be the right thing to do would indeed test her moral character.
In my opinion, safety is of the utmost importance in any work environment and the only way to fix a safety issue is to document any incidents that may occur and to (above anything else) be honest. However, Cindy’s supervisor could hold her future in his hand if she does the right thing because he is in charge of part of the final evaluation/grade of her internship.
Should Cindy go against her morals and omit the information? Is the omitted information even worth including in the report? Does omitting some incidents mean the detriment of an organization? “What should Cindy do?”
Campus Food Systems The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in order to “ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance” (OSHA, 2011). So, when the Campus Food Systems (CFS) became at risk of being taken over by a much bigger corporation, Jake Platt tried to find a way to ensure that CFS remained a self-operated program. His way of going about this was by putting an intern (Cindy Breen) in charge of student help and assigning her the task of creating a report on accidents in the workplace. This report would then be sent to President Sheila Dawes who was now the new president of the university where CFS operates. It would also be sent to the Human Resource Department of the university so
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