Question

Using what you now know from the assigned focused readings (4.2, 4.3, and 4.9), read any one of the case studies in Unit 4 and discuss, explain, or describe -

the following three questions:

1. The employee moral development category discovered in your chosen case study.
2. Any organizational behavior factors (such as why the organization could not control chicanery).
3. Prevention tool(s) strategies that could have mitigated or avoided the unethical acts.

Only answer the three questions listed above.

Do not answer the discussion questions at the end of the case study.

Case 4.4 Swiping Oreos at Work: Is It a Big Deal? enny Winters was a 63-year-old maintenance worker at the Portage, Indiana, Wale The surveillance cameras caught Ms. Winters eating Oreos that she had not be during her evening shift at the store. When asked why she did it, Ms. Wine Plained that she did not have the money to buy the cookies. She carried $11.40 our (the usual Walmart pay is $8.87 per hour), but her son had been in a motorcycle accident and was unable to work thus making her the sole wage earner in her home MS. Winters also confessed that she had been taking Oreos, gum, deli sandwiches chocolate, and potato chins for more than eicht vears, with four of the years being at Walmart in Tucson, Arizona, where Ms. Winters originally lived. She confessed to tak ing one to two items per week during her shift. She indicated that she began eating Ureos that were open and near cash registers because she assumed that they could not be sold and would just be thrown away. However, when the opened packages were not available, she would simply remove the food from the shelves and then take it into the break room where she would eat it. The result was, because junk food costs add up over eight years, that Ms. Winters was charged with felony theft. She has come to be known as the "Oreo Grandma." Discussion Questions 1. Explain the gradual drift of Ms. Winters, and dis. cuss her justification for the drift 2. Some have suggested that Walmart should not prosecute Ms. Winters because of her circum- stances. Walmart loses $3 billion per year to employee theft of merchandise. Are there stake holders involved in this decision? 3. The police report indicates that Ms. Winters has never had any legal charges filed against her. Police could not locate any parking tickets or mov- ing violations in Indiana or Arizona. Explain what happened that would cause Ms. Winters to take the food. ponding 15

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Answer 1

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1.

Ms. Winters was a fighting mother, because her son was in a motor bike crash and she paid the bills. She began eating oreos when her food was inadequate for her to feed. She claims that some packages were open and assumed that they couldn't be sold because they were open. She has also required further things to be taken at least twice a week.

2.

Indeed, there are very interested stakeholders. It is all about Walmart becoming a more profitable enterprise at the end of the day. You feel if you let Ms. Winters go, which is going to open the door for more employees to apologize for stealing.

3.

Given her circumstances, that would be an important factor in her eating. Therefore, a sort of mental health / stress could have started to emerge because of the emotional experience she shares with her family.

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