Ethics: dealing with cancer patients/employees: a case study

he role of employees in decision making within an organization has drawn increasing attention in the last decade as concern has focused on quality, e.g. quality circles, total quality management. Explores some of the problems encountered by an employee when she made an overt effort to effect a change in her work schedule to facilitate medical care. What are the moral and legal responsibilities of management? How should an employee deal with the rewards of standing up for principles – the fear of reprisal; lesser assignments; the high cost of litigation;abandonment by friends and colleagues; innuendos by management and those closely allied with management; negative impact on career moves? What management procedures, policies, or practices can be developed to alleviate or avoid negatively perceived consequences to both the employee and management?