Henry's Turkey Service Case Study

In May 2013 Henry’s Turkey Service was convicted of abusing mentally disabled employees. Thirty-two intellectually disabled men worked for Henry’s Turkey in the state of Iowa. They men lived in a dilapidated schoolhouse, with boarded up windows and little ventilation. The mice feces and cockroaches were everywhere, contributing to the stench. A fire marshal immediately condemned the building and later testified it was the worst he has seen (Noguchi, 2013).
The men were restricted to move freely and often beaten. There was at least one case of handcuffing and forcing the disabled workers to carry heavy weights as punishment. The men testified and made statements of their physical and mental abuse that lasted for decades. For twenty years, the men skinned and disemboweled turkeys. They received $2.00 dollars per day, totaling a measly $65.00 dollars per month.
In 2009, Henry’s Turkey went out of business, if only it could have been twenty years sooner. The case against Henry’s Turkey went to trial and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) won a total judgment of $240 million dollars for the abused workers. After reading about this EEOC case, I am shocked the men who were involved in the mistreatment and abuse against the disabled workers …show more content…
In the case of the EEOC vs. Henry’s Turkey, one could question the intellectual capacity for the employees to follow a resolution process. A resolution process offers employees a way to communicate and up the chain to their leaders. When employees feel they are heard, they are more content and productive. Emotions influence what people remember, what information is processed, and how they act (Wistrich, Rachlinski, & Guthrie, 2015). Although a resolution process should be in place, in my opinion, the duty to report a complaint should be shared by those who are victims and those who witness discriminatory