The Code Section To Be Interpreted:
Code 4.3 – Any employee shall be guilty of misconduct if they willfully alter or conspire to alter the appearance of any person’s price, proficiency, availability, willingness, and/or adherence to this code of conduct to the senses of any employee who must make a decision which requires discrimination.
Examples of Misconduct Under This Code Section:
- Employee A must decide amongst numerous candidates that have applied for a job with the company. Employee A asks Employee B to print out all of the candidate information. Employee B was once humilated when Employee B mispronounced someones name. Employee B adds some sloppy formatting and suspicious language to the files of candidates with difficult to pronounce names before printing them out and giving them to Employee A. Employee B is guilty of misconduct under code section 4.3.
- Employee A and Employee B are being considered for advancement. Employee A completes a large amount of product and leaves it unguarded to use the restroom. Employee B convinces Employees C and D to stand at Employee A’s workstation and continue the work, without letting them know the full context. Employee E, responsible for making the decision for advancement, comes by and surveys Employee A’s workstation, seeing Employees C and D at work and not knowing who did what. Employee B is guilty of misconduct under code section 4.3.
- Employee A is being considered for advancement. Employee A wants there to be hard evidence of their proficiency, and so conspires with a security consultant to help create a loop of video which shows Employee A working, and then they edit frames from the video so that the work appears to be sped up. The security consultant than calls the video to the attention of Employee B, responsible for making the decision for advancement. Employee A is guilty of misconduct under code section 4.3.
Examples That Are Not Misconduct Under This Code Section:
- Employee A must decide amongst numerous candidates that have applied for a job with the company. Employee A asks Employee B to print out all of the candidate information. Employee B was once humilated when Employee B mispronounced someone’s name. Employee B prints out the candidate files unedited and hands them to Employee A. There is no misconduct.
- Employee A and Employee B are being considered for advancement. Employee A completes a large amount of product and leaves it unguarded to use the restroom. Employee B does not have to go to the bathroom and comtinues to work. Employee C, responsible for making the decision for advancement, comes by and surveys Employee A’s workstation, then spots Employee B hard at work. There is no misconduct.
- Employee A is being considered for advancement. Employee A wants there to be hard evidence of their proficiency, and so works dilligently to create a large amount of tangible product. There is no misconduct.
