The Ethics of Workplace Privacy

This project provides an opportunity to apply the framework for Legal and Ethical practices for a Human Resource Manager to a scenario-based case. The project examines how Human Resource Managers help an organization meet their goals and objectives by applying Legal and Ethical foundations to a specific application. In each module, you complete a component of the project that ultimately provides you with an opportunity to make recommendations to the organization regarding their goals and objectives.

ACME Company, Inc.

• ACME Company, Inc. is a medium-sized company in the cosmetic industry and is based in Arizona. The company originally began in 1992 by a brother and sister team, Paul and Mary. Ten years later, Paul and Mary incorporated the company and went public. They hired new executive leadership so Paul could focus on innovation and Mary could focus on being the Human Resource Manager. Since that time, they have grown from a small business to a medium-sized company with 750 employees. Paul and Mary started the company with strong family values, such as working together as one team, looking after each other, and valuing each individual employee. By 2015, they noticed some of those values “slipping” as new executive leadership has come on board to help run the company.
• ACME Company, Inc. is facing a major decision – to move into the 21st Century or maintain the status quo. Paul and Mary started the company with family values but have a desire to innovate and grow. Mary became the HRM when they incorporated and Paul became head of Research & Development. The new executive leadership does not share their same values, and, is questioning the need for a budget for Research & Development since the company is already so successful and a major market leader. Paul and Mary, though, want to continue to be innovative and grow.

ASSIGNMENT

Part of ACME’s ability to grow and be innovative involves the use of the latest technology. As the Human Resource Manager, Mary knows there are implications to allowing the employees “free reign” of company property. However, the executive leadership is not worried. Remember, the company has 750 employees.

For this project assignment on ACME Company, Inc. complete a minimum of 4 pages that addresses the following concepts:

• The issues the company faces if Mary cannot institute a workplace privacy policy.
• The ethical challenges associated with executive leadership, Mary, and the employees.
• The consequences associated with the organization’s culture and objectives, from an HRM perspective.
• The best way for Mary to convince executive leadership that it’s the ethical decision to make, with respect to workplace privacy.

Make sure to include an APA formatted title page and reference page for sources that you may have used for your research. Remember to follow APA guidelines for in-text citations when paraphrasing or quoting information.