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In reply to the discussion: Erika Casher: Cigna 'Quietly Fires' Employee Mocking Teen Over Grandmother's Death Due to Covid-19 [View all]malthaussen
(17,183 posts)For the record, I also oppose random drug-testing.
As far as the "anarchistic" employer goes, I do come down on the side of the employee in that case. If it could be demonstrated that the employee has done measurable "harm" to the community, then appropriate legal action should be taken. If they have broken no laws, then the issue becomes one of community standards, and I tend to become very agitated when the community imposes its standards on non-conforming individuals. At the least, I'd need a demonstration that the conduct does visible harm to the community as a whole before considering it actionable. This does mean that people get their first murder free, but the opposite extreme is everybody being treated as a suspect. This is the direction I see our society going towards, and I don't like it a lot. But then, the assholes do seem to be multiplying, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the whole.
Ethical standards, especially for professionals, are a difference in degree. Many have argued that as a member of the health care profession, Mrs Casher should be held to a higher standard than a normal grunt. That argument is not without merit. Especially in a time of health crisis, health care workers should advocate best practice or find another job. But is that the case here, or has she been fired for making the company look bad?
-- Mal