Waiting to retire, Jim gets fired

Article Abstract:

A hypothetical case study involves a 52-year-old employee with a doctorate in analytical chemistry whose services unexpectedly got terminated due to the company's downsizing. The senior chemist named Jim Austin was replaced with a fresh, B.S. Chemistry graduate named Dick Scott. After being jobless for over a month, Austin received a telephone call from Scott, who needed some help in solving a problem with paint quality. Three questions about the case were raised.

Tests, problems and exercises, Human resource management, Employee dismissals, Employment terminations, Employment at will

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Y2K bug bites Pete

Article Abstract:

A scenario that could occur in several high-technology companies in the US on the morning of Jan 3, 2000, the first working day of the new millenium, is presented. The possibility of embedded microprocessors not being able to handle the transition is very real and even high-technology firms, supposedly knowledgeable about the problem, can become victims to its effects. The documentation of existing computer systems becomes of paramount importance.

Management, Computers, Digital computers, Microcontrollers, Year 2000 transition (Computers), Embedded systems

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Mike discovers a plagiarist

Article Abstract:

A former student summer employee was proven to have illegitimately gotten access to classified information which he passed on as his original work for his masteral degree. His unwitting source of information was a project laboratory technician who presumed the former employee was authorized to the report. The options for the employers are to make an example of the former employee or let it pass and tighten security on information.

Safety and security measures, Cases, Plagiarism, Professional ethics, Information management

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