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Maple Leaf Shoes Ltd: Safety At The Workplace
Maple Leaf Shoes Ltd.
Case Study 13 – Safety at the Workplace

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Central Problem

The central Problem is that the Snack Bar’s employee, Sam Johnson, is infected with the AIDS virus, because of that his co-worker, Catherine Reading, does not want to work with him.

Background

Maple Leaf Shoes Ltd. Is a medium sized manufacturer of leather and vinyl shoes with its main manufacturing facility and head office in Wilmington Ontario. It was started in 1969 by Mario Mancini. Currently it employs about 500 persons in its Wilmington plant and some 200 more in offices and warehouses throughout Ontario. Mancini had created an environment where employees enjoyed their work. This was evidenced by the
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Transfer Sam to a different position, as he studying computers, he could be helpful in any department where computers are involved.
|Pros |Cons |
|* skilled employee present at the plant |* the new position may not be available

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