Assignment:
Questions
1. Was what happened to Olivia inevitable?
2. Could Houghton have anticipated the problems Olivia would face?
3. Should staff members at the Minnesota city have been more forthcoming about the overload problem?
4. Would it have been more reasonable to have started the program with a regular staff member at Brooklyn city hall?
5. Is it ethical to dump the dirty job on the new person?
6. How might the job have been less trying for Olivia?
7. Was it appropriate for the city to give Olivia preference over all other applicants in hiring when a new vacancy arose?
8. Was permanently hiring Olivia a violation of Civil Service rules that state that jobs must be advertised and that a search for job candidates must be done?
Readings:
Dirty Job? Hire a New Person to Do It
By William Thompson