27th 2010 Is drug testing an unwarranted invasion of employee privacy? Which is more important--getting drugs out of the workplace or protecting the privacy of the employee? What about other health-threatening activities‚ i.e. smoking outside of working hours‚ unprotected sex‚ etc. Should employers be able to question or test employees or potential employees about these activities? Both of these scenarios are tricky ones. On the one hand‚ any employer would want to get drugs out of the workplace
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Should random drug-testing scheme be made compulsory for all school? This must be a question for many of the public. In the past few days‚ there were more and more news about teenagers taking drugs and were set to the emergency ward. There was also information showing that teenager drug addicts have increased 25 percent comparing to last year. It’s a horrible phenomenon and I do agree that it is essential to make every school involved into this drug-testing scheme for the following reasons:
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Word Count [ 1692 ] Drug Testing in the Workplace – Violates Privacy and is bad for Business Drug testing employees has gained much support‚ as well as much resistance‚ in recent years. Those in favor of testing claim that employee drug testing reduces employee absences‚ theft‚ and accidents in the workplace and as such improves worker productivity and safety. In her essay‚ “A Case against Workplace Drug Testing‚” Debra R. Comer makes an argument against workplace drug testing by identifying six
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Drug testing? Insane‚ outrageous‚ and wasteful. The issue is whether or not welfare recipients should be drug tested and clean in order to receive funding. Because laboratory tests are often inaccurate‚ drug testing should not be required. To begin with‚ drug testing might be illegal search and seizure and might end up not saving money. First and foremost‚ “a law requiring drug tests would be unconstitutional. The US Constitution’s fourth amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches
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Why there should not be drug testing for welfare Should drug tests be required of welfare recipients? No‚ I don’t think so. Welfare recipients are typically extremely poor and are uneducated. Another aspect of welfare recipients is that they are mentally ill. It would seem too ignoble to find ways to deny recipients access to welfare. Welfare recipients are usually on welfare because they lack an education and training to earn a better living. Their education only allows them basic opportunities
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Drug Testing in the Workplace: A Costly Mistake Abstract The issue of drug testing in the workplace has sparked an ongoing debate among management. There are many who feel that it is essential to prevent risks to the greater public caused by substance abuse while on the job. However‚ others believe that the costs far outweigh the benefits and that it is an invasion of privacy. Putting all ethical issues aside‚ evidence presented in this paper supports the latter. The costs of drug testing are
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changing society it is important that we understand the growing issue of illicit drug use in the workplace. 70% of the estimated 14.8 million Americans who use illegal drugs are employed. Marijuana is the most commonly used and abused illegal drug by employees‚ followed by cocaine‚ with prescription drug use steadily increasing (“Drugs” 1). The federal government does not require most private companies or individuals to have a drug-free workplace policy exceptions include federal contractors and grantees
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Every four out of five workplaces in the United States since 2006 now require you to take a pre-employment drug test . All employers should be able to give their employees a drug test randomly. But‚ the question is should employers be allowed to do random drug testing and that’s a big yes from eighty-four percent of all employers. There are many reasons why the employer should drug test at the workplace like to make the workplace a safer environment‚ also to maintain productivity and attendance
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Drug Testing And Government Benefits!! Introduction: Why is drug testing needed for assistance‚ and does drug testing welfare applicants work? What about the states that have tried drug testing‚ did it help them? Is drug testing applicants unconstitutional? The advocates of these programs argue that the drug testing is implemented not just to save money‚ but to help people who may be struggling with substance abuse. If this is the case then why is the data telling us a different story? The
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Jason Comis Horton English 1301-363 27 November 2012 Testing One Two Three In the current state of the American economy‚ needless spending is something the government needs to avoid at all costs. With some trillion dollars owed to various foreign countries‚ the United States literally cannot afford to pump money into programs that do not benefit the country as a whole. Michael Tanner‚ who is the Director of Health and Welfare studies at the Cato Institute‚ reports that this year the Federal
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