Off-the-Job Behaviors
Human Resource Management
MGMT410

1. Do you believe Oiler’s employee rights were violated? Explain your position.
I think that Amendment 1 of the United States Constitution say it best, “AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - AMENDMENT [I.] 2 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992/pdf/GPO-CONAN-1992-7.pdf. Mr. Peter Oiler certainly has unique situation that he/she has to contend with. But by virtue of the amount of negative publicity that the food chain, Winn Dixie would have to contend with, I think that they made a wise decision. Case-and-Point; say for instance, Mr. Oiler was on a normal outing and decided that he wanted to drink a little. He’s dress in his finest dress while at the Shady Grove Bar and Grill, when all of a sudden, someone from Winn Dixie recognizes him. They start a conversation and a fight ensues. Mr. Oiler and his co-worker are eventually pulled apart, but the damages are insurmountable. The owners of Shady Grove Bar and Grill, through a police report fine that Mr. Oiler is employed at Winn Dixie, and file a Class-Action Suit against the corporation. The fact of the matter is, no one cares who you are, until they find out that you work for a large corporation.
From a Human Resources perspective, I feel that we are all under the gun. For every action that you take, there is a equally and determining reaction. In this world of recessions and downsizing, every employee has to really think about the consequences that surrounds their off-the Job behaviors. I’m not saying that Mr. Oiler is right or wrong in