Question

subject....business ethics

Read Decision Point: Inquiring Employers Want to Know.

The following information is sometimes requested on standard employment applications, though job candidates might consider some of it to be private or personal.

Which of the following items about an employee might an employer have a legitimate claim to know, and why?

A job applicant’s social security number

An applicant’s arrest record

An employee’s medical records

An employee’s marital status

Whether a job applicant smokes

An employee’s political affiliation

An employee’s sexual orientation

An employee’s credit rating

Consider the following questions in the assessment of this scenario:

What facts are relevant to your decisions?

What would the consequences be of refusing to answer any questions on an employment application?

Are you basing your decision on particular rights of the employee or the employer?

Are there people other than the employer and employee who might have a stake in what information is released to employers?

brief answers in more than 100 words

Answer 1

An employer legitimately claim to know about the prospective employee:

A job applicant’s social security number

An applicant’s arrest record

An employee’s medical records

An employee’s marital status

The employer has to know some facts, which are relevant towards the decisions making:

1. The identity of the candidate.
2. The criminal records of the candidate.
3. The medical records of the candidate.
4. The family structure of the candidate.

Any kind of refusal to answer any question on the employment application:

1. As the refusal questions are essential to answer so the employer can refuse the application.
2. The employer can ask candidate to fill the requirements.

The decisions are based on the employer’s right to know all desired information about the prospective employee.

The employee benefits authority is very keen to know the various information which are disclosed about the prospective employee to the employer.

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