1. What is the context(background) of the report? (What has prompted this report?

Answer:
The adoption of policy which prohibits drinking in the workplace and imposes
sanctions on employees that will be found under the influence of alcohol and
illegal drugs.

The report was undertaken because there was a decline in the transactions of the
company and competitors were penetrating their company especially their
clients and other stakeholders.

2. What is the problem? (Answer this is in one clear statement if possible)

Answer:
There was a substance abuse which affected employees’ absenteeism and
eventually affected the quality of products and services and a decline in profit
margins.

3. What factors(E.g., stakeholders, timelines, underlying issues) should be considered

in developing a recommendation?

Answer:

a. Management Decision. Management decision is very important especially

when imposing sanctions to those employees who are under the influence of
alcohol while in the workplace.

b. Employees Behavior. The fact that they are already part of the company,
employees should behave and act the way they are and observe ethical
standards at all times.

c. Peers. There must be activities that would make every employee become
closer to each other and strengthen the bond between management and
subordinates

4. What recommendation(s) are you making?

Answer:

a. Management should be vigilant in hiring employees – making sure that they

only hire the well-mannered, committed and dedicated ones with excellent
skills and capabilities and knowledge about the company.

b. Management should be improving their processes and services in order to be

at par or even go beyond with the other competitors in order to become
sustainable even in bad situations.

c. Management should conduct team building activities in order to strengthen

the bond between and among employees and management so that
 communication lines can be open to all and they would be comfortable
working with each other.

d. There should be a strict implementation of the policy in order to give the

employees a lesson and give ultimatum to those who are habitually doing it.

5. How will you support your recommendations in your report? (Give us a roadmap
of the sections in your report).
Answer:

A good company does not only dwell on the profits they gained but most
importantly on the welfare of their people. Therefore, Branch, Inc. should consider
the following:

a. Craft a good vision and mission of the company focusing on how to improve
their products, services and deliverables.

b. Revise their hiring procedures and processes so that they can only hire the best
employees.

c. Conduct annual activities that makes all employees closer to each other so
that that there would be a harmonious working relationship.

d. Develop the abilities and capabilities of employees by conducting annual

trainings and capability buildings.
INTRODUCTION
Many people are dependent on alcohol, which can lead to problems in their
life. And when a person brought this to the workplace it becomes a major
problem. The management of alcohol in the workplace can pose ethical
dilemmas for an employer (Shahandeh & Husbands, 2011). Employees who use
alcohol on the job creates an even greater risk and these individuals do the most
to create a hazardous situation (Jacobs & Schain, 2010).

This problem has raised because there was a substance abuse which affected
employees’ absenteeism and eventually affected the quality of products and
services and a decline in profit margins. Alcohol use, and abuse, negatively
affects workplace safety and productivity (Looney, 2011).

This prompted the researchers to conduct a case study on drinking on a

workplace and to create an adoption of policy which prohibits drinking in the
workplace and imposes sanctions on employees that will be found under the
influence of alcohol and illegal drugs.

In order to execute the study, the researchers considered three factors in

developing a recommendation management decision, employee’s behavior,
and peers. Problem in drinking on the workplace can be dealt with the following
process: there would be strict criteria to be followed by the management in
hiring employees – making sure that they only hire the well-mannered,
committed and dedicated ones with excellent skills and capabilities and
knowledge about the company. Management should be improving their
processes and services in order to be at par or even go beyond with the other
competitors in order to become sustainable even in bad situations.
Management should conduct team building activities in order to strengthen the
bond between and among employees and management so that communication
lines can be open to all and they would be comfortable working with each other.
There should be a strict implementation of the policy in order to give the
employees a lesson and give ultimatum to those who are habitually doing it.