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Case Study Discharged for Off-Duty Behavior The following case illustrates the off-duty privacy claim of an employee and management's right to uphold the reputation of the company Before his termination on Monday, May 6, 2014, John Hilliard worked as a senior sales representative for Advanced Educational Materials (AEM), a provider of high quality educational books and supplies to junior and senior high schools. During his 12 years of employment, John was recognized as an outstanding employee with close working relationships with the schoolche served. His sales record was excellent. John's discharge resulted from what AEM claimed was a serious breach of its code of conduct for employees On Saturday, May 4, 2014, due to a chance meeting between John and his manager, Jean Ellison, John was observed leaving an adult video store carrying what his manager described as pornographic magazines and an X-rated video. The following Monday, Jean discussed the incident with AEM's vice president for sales and a representative from HR. All agreed that John's off duty behavior constituted a serious violation of the company's code of conduct for employees, which read, in part, Employee off-duty behavior in no way should reflect unfavorably upon the company, its employees, or sales of any educational materials." AEM has traditionally held its sales representatives to high moral standards because the company sells extensively to public school administrators and teachers At his discharge meeting, John vigorously opposed his firing While he acknowledged making the purchases, he argued strongly that what he did on his personal time was "no business of the company and his behavior in no way reflected unfavorably upon AEM or the sales of its products. Besides, he said, "The purchases were made as jokes for a stat party

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1) According to given fact,John should not been discharged from his professional work.whateverJohn had done it was against code of conduct for employee but it was not done during on duty.The main cause that he should not be discharged is that he has been working there as an outstanding employee from past twelve years.so after looking his past milestone he shouldn't have been fired from company. ..

2)The sales representatives of AEMshould be held to a higher standard of personal conduct than sales representative of other company because it helps to deal with several employee crisis and also provide them with better amenities to interact with new partners.If the sales representative ofAEM are trained better than of other company ,it will boost progressofAEM and also the progress will be much better than that of other company.Thus providinghigh standardof conduct will lead to the company's development.So the sales representative of AEM should be Heald to higher standard of personal conduct.

3)According to present fact,the management should consider the past work of John.He has been working there as an excellent employee from past twelve year.He should not be fired because of off duty conduct. He should be given a chance to improve his conduct.If the management had thought about his past work he may not be fired from the company. The management should consider his past consider before firing him from the company.

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