Since most people are inherently good, at least I believe they are, seeing someone in need of help and doing little or nothing about is a very difficult concept to swallow. In my opinion, courage, compassion and integrity are the key components of an individual’s morality, and this policy is basically ordering employees to be selfish, that is, think of your own job and self-preservation before you decide to play hero. The main reason why people do not get involved when someone is in trouble is due to a fear factor. Police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical service workers and military personnel are all highly trained and highly skilled to get involved when serious trouble rears its ugly head. Their courage, compassion and integrity overcome the fear of getting involved with the apprehension of criminals. Their first priority is to save or protect the lives of the citizenry at all costs, and they enthusiastically perform their duties at the risk of their own lives. This concept is what makes the “Hero” policy work. Employees who witness a crime have the recourse of alerting trained professionals to apprehend the bad guys. “Hero” policies mandate this course of …show more content…
If you manage to come out of a robbery safe and sound after you averted a theft, the way Blake did in scenario 2, your employer could fire you for violating company policy. In fact, your employee doesn’t need a reason to fire you if you’re an at-will employee. Employment-at-will can be exercised by any employer on any employee. According to Bredeson (2012), “Most employees in America are employees-at-will, which means that they can be fired at any time, for almost any reason.” While employment-at-will firings may seem unfair and they quite are most of the time, in this particular case, when dealing with this specific policy, the firing may be due to a case of non-compliance. Non-compliance is the intentional and deliberate refusal to follow company policies and procedures. I whole heartedly agree that an employee should be terminated if he tries to be a hero in any way shape or form. This is the very best way to enforce this policy. There are a lot of people that have seen way too many movies and want to play the hero role. I personally believe that most people who choose this course of action usually gets themselves hurt or killed. If you manage to come out of a criminal situation, safe and sound after attempting to avert a criminal act, you should be terminated, no exceptions. The employment-at-will law is designed to protect employers.