Reality- Workplace Ethics
"There's 'no way' I can go to work
today"
Employers
are concerned about absences because they cost the company money and cut into
profits. The list shown below from a national survey of over 500 human
resource executives gives reasons for employees' unscheduled absences.
Personal
Illness 28%
Family
Issues 26%
Personal
Needs 20%
Entitlement
Mentality 15%
Stress 11%
As
the human resource manager for Future Toys, you have calculated that
their employees take a total of 400 days a year in unscheduled absences.
The President of Future Toys has asked that you compile how much money they
lose each year from the absences. Each employee earns, on average, $15 per hour
for an 8-hour day, or a total of $120 a day. Using the reasons for
absences shown in the list above, calculate how much money was lost in one year
for each of the reasons given.
1.
Convert percentage of time missed for each reason to number of days
missed for each reason. To do this, multiply each percentage in Column
A by 400 (the total number of days missed). Write the answers in Column
B.
2.
Calculate the amount of money the company lost because of each reason.
To do this, multiply the number of days shown in Column B by $120 a day. Write
the answers in Column C.
3. Calculate
the total loss for all unscheduled absences and write the amount on the
line shown.
Column A
Column B
Column C
Reasons
for
Days Missed
Dollars Lost
Absences in
One Year
in One Year
Personal illness 28%
__________
$________
Family
Issues 26% __________ $________
Personal needs 20%
__________
$________
Entitlement
mentality 15%
__________
$________
Stress 11%
__________
$________
Total
lost by Future Toys in one year
because of unscheduled
absences
$__________
Teacher's Guide
Column
A
Column B
Column C
Reasons
for
Days Missed
Dollars Lost
Absences
in One Year in
One Year
Personal illness
28% 112
$13,440
Family
Issues 26% 104 $12,480
Personal needs
20% 80 $9,600
Entitlement mentality 15%
60 $7,200
Stress 11%
44 $5,280
Total lost by Future Toys in one year
because of unscheduled
absences
$48,000
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