Plagiarism Exercise for English 12
JenniferBarrett Ozols article, " A Job or a Cigarette", she introduces the controversial issue of employers forcing their employees to face an ultimatum- drop the cigarette or the job. Howard Weyers, CEO of a health-benefits management company has recently made headlines for releasing for of his employees for not complying with the company's new policy to quit smoking. Weyers who said, " I gave them a little over 15 months to decide which is important: my job or tabacco?" feels strongly about his decisions and showed no inkling to change his mind. Weyes has even gone as far as asking his company, Weyco, to implement a tobacco testing system that charens $50 a month to those whome test positive or refuse to take the smoking test. (Newsweek.) Is this right?
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than half of Americans are overweight. 1/4 of the half that are thought to be overweight are considered to be obese. Employers have noticed that this growing epidemic has become a problem which studies from Emory University have attributed to be the reason 1/4 of health- care speiding within the past 15 years. (Newsweek.com) So, what if your employer told you either you had to lose the weight if not, you lose the job? Since about half of Americans are considered to be "overweight" , I doubt that would go well with most people. Why should that be any different for a smoker? However, there have been two opposing views to the issue at hand like lawyer Kevin Zwetsch who thinks " there's nothign unlawful about an employer saying if you want to work for me, you can eat Bog Macs." (qdt, Ozols)
I strongly believe that it is unfair to ask people quit smoking even though I'm not too keen on the disgusting habit myself. If smoking does not effect the individuals work ethic, then why should the smoking even be an issue? One's personal interest and what they do in their own free time should not interefere with their jobs. So long as the employee is working at their full potential then there shoudl be no problem and any violation of such is a discrimanatory act.
Citations
Ozols, Jennifer Barrett. "A Job or a Cigarette?" Newsweek.com. 24 Feb. 2005. .
posted by Neicy421 @ 9:30 PM
1 Comments:
Nice job. You really seem to have the concepts here, Denise. You had a few little errors, but I suspect those were typos. If you do feel uneasy, come talk to me in office hours. Otherwise, I think you are set.
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