The company in question is AutoZone. AutoZone is a store specializes on all things cars. The retailer offers all kinds of vehicle services, however, the giant retailer's main focus is simply selling car parts and tools.
So what has AutoZone done that is considered unethical. AutoZone implemented a point based attendance system that did not provide adequate accommodations for employees with disabilities. For example, an employee had points added to his recorded for absences related to diabetic complications. The company failed to take into account the man's disability when adding attendance points and fired him. The Americans with Disabilities Act bars such actions and requires all companies to make reasonable accommodations for all qualified disabled employees. As a result a case was filled with AutoZone over the matter. This is also not the first time that AutoZone has dealt with lawsuits of this nature, it is the fourth. (EEOC Sues AutoZone for Fourth Time for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act, 2014)
AutoZone's code of conduct has a section that specifically relates to this type of unethical behavior. It states that AutoZone complies with all federal, state, and local laws that effect equal employment. It …show more content…
AutoZone's claim to be an equal opportunity employer projects the message that they are willing to create necessary accommodations for those they hire with disabilities. AutoZone's multiple failures to uphold such claims undermines disabled employee's ability to work. AutoZone's actions punishes employees for having disabilities after the company promised to create accommodations for them. These actions will not only get the company into legal issues, it will also undermine all employee moral. No one prefers to work in an origination that outright lies to it's workers; and certainly no disabled employees will want to work in a company that is just going to fire
So what has AutoZone done that is considered unethical. AutoZone implemented a point based attendance system that did not provide adequate accommodations for employees with disabilities. For example, an employee had points added to his recorded for absences related to diabetic complications. The company failed to take into account the man's disability when adding attendance points and fired him. The Americans with Disabilities Act bars such actions and requires all companies to make reasonable accommodations for all qualified disabled employees. As a result a case was filled with AutoZone over the matter. This is also not the first time that AutoZone has dealt with lawsuits of this nature, it is the fourth. (EEOC Sues AutoZone for Fourth Time for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act, 2014)
AutoZone's code of conduct has a section that specifically relates to this type of unethical behavior. It states that AutoZone complies with all federal, state, and local laws that effect equal employment. It …show more content…
AutoZone's claim to be an equal opportunity employer projects the message that they are willing to create necessary accommodations for those they hire with disabilities. AutoZone's multiple failures to uphold such claims undermines disabled employee's ability to work. AutoZone's actions punishes employees for having disabilities after the company promised to create accommodations for them. These actions will not only get the company into legal issues, it will also undermine all employee moral. No one prefers to work in an origination that outright lies to it's workers; and certainly no disabled employees will want to work in a company that is just going to fire