Due Process In The Workplace

The role that due process plays in the management of conflict especially for discipline and conflict are “to balance rights and responsibility and, to ensure fairness or justice within the organization regarding dismissal procedures” (p. 212). In other words, due process plays a vital role in the management of discipline and termination via making sure all people, especially public employees’ rights are protected under the law as well as creating a balance of the law. The United States Constitutions guarantees all people to the right to a fair trial under the sixth amendment. As a result, due process plays a critical role in the termination process of employee because the procedure allows an employee a proper trial to clear up their name, respond to offensive actions/behaviors, and challenge other allegations against them in the court of law.
In addition, due process is important to encourage an ethical legal system of justice to determine whether or not someone is innocent until proven guilty in society. Also, promoting impartial leaders and other administrative …show more content…
Ms. Johnson, an 82 years old resident, is always urinating in the bed at night and her sheets do not get change until the next shifts comes in the morning. Stacie, a night shift employee, is never attentive to Ms. Johnson and has been asked sever times to not make personal calls at work while she is on the job. However, Stacie feels as though since she has working for the company about ten years she can do whatever she pleases to do. Stacie has received several warnings about her lack of work during the night shifts. Finally, Stacie’s manager, Tim schedules a conference meeting with her, him, and myself. Her manager insists that if she continue this displeasing behavior, she will be