Assignment
Case Study
A Cashier's Story-must be done in APA format
MFR Corporation is a food manufacturing company that started its operations in the 1960s. It is a labor intensive corporation with about 3000 employees. It manufactures flour and soybeans as well as flour based consumer products. The company's products are withdrawn from the production warehouses, loaded into delivery trucks driven by salesmen and are sold and delivered to retail outlets throughout the country by the salesmen who have assigned territorial route. By the end of the day, salesmen are required to deposit their day's collection to the cashiers at the main office.
Tony has been working as a cashier for more than ten years. He started with the company fifteen years ago as a Credit and Collection clerk and worked his way up to become a cashier. Before being promoted to cashier, Tony underwent a battery of tests relevant to the position. He passed all the tests with above average scores. This included an honesty and integrity test
Which highly qualified him for the position of cashier. His exemplary performance, honesty, and trustworthiness had earned him the respect of both his supervisors and co-workers. Tony has always been responsible, punctual, and dedicated to his work. He has won an "Outstanding Employee Award" five years after he assumed the position of Cashier. At one time, he badly needed a thousand dollars ($ 1000.00) and he was given a loan by the company which he was able to pay back in due time.
One Friday in October 2005, Tony failed to report for work. He did not file any leave forms nor did he inform anybody of his intent to be absent in which he was very consistent in doing. When his supervisor called his phone, he did not answer. The following Monday, he still did not show up for work and was reported to the Human Resource Director. Coincidentally, the person who substituted for him in his absence reported a serious discrepancy in Tony's cash collections for the day before he failed to report for work. Records show that the previous week's collection of about eighty-five thousand dollars ($ 85,000.00) was unaccounted. Records showed that the amount was received from the salesmen but was never entered in the cashier's collection records. This raised suspicion and after the failure of Tony to respond to repetitive phone calls, and the fact that he could not be found, the company filed a complaint with the local police. He was accused of qualified theft.
More than a week after, Tony was located in a local hospital watching over his 12-year-old son, who underwent a life-saving surgical operation. The Human Resource Manager who was notified by the police spoke with Tony. Tony who was teary-eyed explained that he needed money to have the required surgery of his child who was near death. He explained further, that he could not find any other source to finance the surgery as he has maxed out his loans from the company and that the amount he needed was beyond what the company policy can provide. Tony appealed to the company for understanding and leniency and committed to pay back the money that he took.
The incident became known throughout the company, and almost everybody who knew Tony was in disbelief. The Human Resource Director reviewed the company policy regarding this case which stated as follows:
Policy Statement:
"Stealing from the company is a serious offense. Any employee regardless of employment status (temporary, contractual, permanent), who is found to have engaged in stealing money, property or any physical asset belonging to the company, will be dismissed immediately and be barred from entering the company premises without permission. Such cases may be reported to the police and criminal complaints may be filed for legal disposition."
The President of the company was advised of the incident. He called the Human Resource Director and instructed him to resolve the issue.
Discuss the pros and cons of this case considering all the issues presented above. If you were the Human Resource Director, how will you resolve this issue and what will be your recommendation to the President?
Please base your arguments from what you read and learned in Chapter 13.
In discussing this case, (minimum of two pages), please follow the format below:
1- Background Information
2- Description / Statement of the Problem
3- Discussion and Analysis of the Problem
4- Recommendations
Reference book -Kreitner, R. & A. Angelo, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, 6th ED. (2013) McGraw-Hill, Boston.