On July 29, 2001, two white Greene County jailers urinated on four African-American inmates playing basketball. The jailers were on a catwalk making their daily check when they decided to perform this unethical behavior. One jailer had been working there for a year and the other had only been employed for a day. Both employees" have been charged with misdemeanor assault. Before a lawsuit was even filed, $25,000 was awarded to each of the inmates.
With the help of local media and newspapers, the incident had a swift, emotion-filled impact on Springfield and the surrounding area. People jumped to conclusions and had predetermined thoughts because the jailers involved were city employees and taxpayers paid their salaries. The public was outraged because the two employees were in a position of trust and authority, abused their position, and cost Greene County $100,000. .
The initial conclusion to this scenario is the feelings that as a fellow employee of a law enforcement field I have seen and heard many police officers and people in authoritative positions feel that they can get away with more than the ordinary citizen. Because of their position and public trust they fail to see many unethical situations as being wrong. I feel that this situation mirrors the belief in the aspect that they thought they could get away with the behavior because the inmates were subhuman or somehow below them. There were also possible negative racial feelings toward the inmates, being African-American, and with an attempt to make the inmates feel inferior.
Although the case has been settled, I agree with the statement in the article that the city should really consider having the jailers pay back the $100,000. This was neither innocent nor appropriate behavior; it was a very inhumane thing to do that no one should have to suffer through. The employees should be put on probation and never be allowed to work in another law enforcement career.
Frederick Winslow Taylor: Business Management Lenoir Community College Frederick Winslow Taylor Business Management David Mercer Tuesday, February 04, 1997 CONTENTS I. Introduction......................6 II. The Younger Years.................7 III Midvale Steel Company.............n IV Inventions......
The " division of labor" has many viewpoints the two being discussed in the following are Karl Marx and Fredrick Winslow Taylor. ... Division of Labor can be viewed in two ways, Karl Marx saw it as an alienation from oneself and co-worker, and Fredrick viewed it, with a scientific approach, utilizing efficiency as a way of improving the workplace. ... Fredrick Winslow Taylor believed that the division of labor had a scientific reason for its alienation. ... While the workplace was being standardized, Taylor discovered efficiency. ... Karl Marx and Fredrick Winslow Taylor took it upon the...
Quantitative analysis has been in existence since the beginning of recorded history, but Mr. Fredrick W. Taylor coined the principals of the scientific approach to management that we know and use today. Quantitative analysis is defined as a scientific approach to managerial decision making. Quanti...
While working at Old Navy I found that the Old Navy Corporation used Fredrick Taylor's approach to motivating their employees. ... Since Old Navy followed the Fredrick Taylor approach they believed monetary units were the best motivator, but I believe that this approach was taken to far. ... The Frederick Taylor method has proven, at least in this situation, to be an effective manner in which to retain high morale, satisfy, and reward the employees of the Old Navy Corporation....
F.W Taylor (1910) was one of the first people to study motivation. ... After Taylor came Elton Mayo (1924-32) whom looked beyond money and started to look into the human side of motivation. ... Fredrick Hertzberg (1959) was the next person to make a valuable contribution to motivation in the work place. ...
Scientific management, on the other hand, "originated" through Fredrick Winslow Taylor in 1911, and in very basic terms described the one best way work could be done and that the best way to improve output was to improve the techniques or methods used by the workers. ... Comparisons that can be made include Fordism's mechanisation of mass production and Taylor's attempts at using employees as machines. ... Using time and motion studies, Taylor achieved productivity increases of up to 200 per cent. ... Taylor showed the world that the methodical and scientific study of work could lead...
In the United States, between 1875 and the end of the nineteenth century, there was an incredible industrial and commercial expansion. But while increased production did improve the American standard of living, industrialization concentrated great wealth and power in the hands of a few captains of ...
After researching their policies and interviewing employees, I have came to the conclusion that AAA of Reno, Pennsylvania has adopted Fredrick Taylor's approach to motivating their employees. In this paper I will demonstrate how AAA applies Taylor's scientific management approach to target the three motivational stimuli stated above. ... The scientific management approach to motivation evolved from the work of Frederick Taylor. ... Rewards, Taylor would agree, are the most effective way to motivate employees. ...
Executive Summary Job design related applications came into limelight with the scientific management theory of Taylor and Gilbert. ... The principles designed by these theorists are according to the job design in industrial engineering presented by Frederick Taylor; according to him employees should be rewarded if they complete their jobs on a particular day and should match the performance standards set by the managers. ... To gain more efficiency, work should be divided among different employees in accordance to their level of skills and the level of the job to be done, (Fredrick Taylor 194...
