Responsibilities of the Firm toward the Employees

Chapter VIII

I. Hiring, Promotion, and Discipline

fair

recruitment practice. Job related policies. Complete and specified Job descriptions Just set of job qualifications Valid and reliable Tests Interview questions focused on the humanity Clarified process of promotions. Due process and just cause in imposing discipline

II. Work and Working Conditions

Work

must not only express human dignity but also increase that dignity. (JP II) The employer has the responsibility to provide a working environment that enables him to find meaning with what the person does. - safe and healthy atmosphere - physical and moral well-being growth - human potentials and relationships - sense of purpose and achievements - work satisfaction - security and stability

III. Wages and Profit

Fair wage

ought to be sufficient to permit the worker and his family live in decent comfort. Quadragessimo Anno and Mater et Magistra - commutative justice - social justice Profit Sharing wherein the employees receive a share from the net profit of each fiscal year.

IV. Labor Management Relations

Unions

where one gains the support of other men in achieving his goals. Collective bargaining where representatives from both the union and the management come together to negotiate a compromise on issues on wages and benefits. Strikes the refusal to work on the part of the organized workers due to some demands. - direct, sympathetic, primary boycotts, secondary boycotts.

V. Privacy in the Business Firm

Legitimate

and illegitimate interferences - areas of interest - legitimate means Privacy a right to make personal decisions autonomously. - psychic- ones thoughts, ideals and feelings - physical to protect the psychic privacy - social role ones daily life and to function efficiently in the society.