...Even though Mr. Peter Oiler was a outstanding employee as a truck driver for Winn-Dixie with an impeccable record had a responsibility to the company he worked for. As a driver Mr. Oiler daily task was to deal directly with the public as Winn-Dixie’s representative. He is the foreperson for the company, which everyone sees when he makes deliveries. Every company has goals and expectations as to how they want their company to be represented and how they want their customers to view them, so when a company goes through the hiring process they want employees who will represent the company and the company’s image. In the case of Oiler v. Winn-Dixie (2002), Mr. Oiler filed a case with the help of The American Civil Liberties Union to file a federal suit. They argued that Winn-Dixie violated his Civil Rights Title VII because “Mr. Oiler was not confirming to the company’s opinion as to how a man ought to look”. The court ruled that “The plaintiff was terminated because he is a man with a sexual or gender identity disorder who, in order to publicly disguise himself as a woman, wears women’s clothing shoes, underwear, breast prostheses, wigs, make-up, and nail polish, pretends to be a woman, and publicly identifies himself as a woman “Donna”. They conclude that Winn-Dixie did not violate his Civil Rights. Another case The Huffington Post (2013) reports, Olivia Sprauer was forced to resign as a high school teacher for posing in a bikini for a racy modeling photo. Even though...
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...Winn-Dixie Supermarket Introduction “Since the early 1990s, large U.S. corporations have adopted corporate codes of conduct. It is unclear, however, whether these self-imposed ethical protocols are anything more than publicity gold, with no legal efficacy.”(Revak, 2012, p.1645). With companies adopt corporate codes of conduct; they require their employees and suppliers to follow these codes and the standards that are set in the company guidelines. In order to succeed the company needs to analyze the ethical challenges that companies face to determine what changes need to be made in order to prevent ethical issues in the future. Briefly describe your company and then benchmark the codes of conduct used by similar companies in the industry. Critique the codes of conduct of at least three (3) similar companies in order to write codes for your company. Winn-Dixie is a fast growing company in the supermarket industry. In order to write codes of conduct for Winn-Dixie, on must evaluate the codes of conduct of similar companies. When looking into writing them, I will look at Wal-Mart, Target and Kroger’s code of conducts to determine which codes I will need to implement in Winn-Dixie’s codes. Wal-Mart is a multibillion dollar corporation located throughout the world. With over two million employees worldwide, Wal-Mart’s code of conduct needs to be in place to ensure proper ethical behavior is being implemented. “The values that guide our decisions and our leadership are the...
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...Part 1 In Prodigal Summer, the author, Barbra Kingsolver, relates many of the geographical scenes and time periods to actual existing things, but alters them, by changing the names and location, altering each item to serve a different purpose. There are many geographical things in Prodigal Summer which resemble real world things, but have fictional names. The main setting of the story “Predators” in the book is based in the Zebulon National Forest (Kingsolver 7). No forest named Zebulon exists today (“Forest Service Home”). Although no forest named Zebulon exists today, there is a forest named the George Washington and Jefferson National forest. This forest is located in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky (“About Us”). It is a possibility that Kingsolver alters the George Washington and Jefferson National forest in the real world today, to be the Zebulon National Forest in Prodigal Summer, because this is the area which the setting is based in. Zebulon County is mentioned, first in the beginning of the book, as the county in which Deanna resided before she took on her job in the national forest. There is no such county in Virginia, Kentucky, or West Virginia (“List of Counties in Virginia”, “Kentucky Counties”, “List of Counties in West Virginia”). Egg Fork is introduced in the book as the town within Zebulon County, near where the setting takes place (Kingsolver 17). There is also no such town in Virginia, Kentucky, or West Virginia (“Virginia Towns”, “Places in...
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...Publix SWOT Elton D. Thompson MGT/521 MANAGEMENT September 5, 2012 Dr. Carlton Robinson Publix SWOT On April 19, 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida; George Jenkins founded a private employee-owned American market. Publix Super Markets, Inc. (Publix) is one of the largest regional supermarket grocery chains in the United States. According to Fortune magazine in 2011 it is one of the top 100 Best Companies to work for ("Fortune", 2012). Earning even more accolades in 2011 Forbes ranked Publix as the No. 6 on the list of as one of the best largest private companies in the United States to work for. The company has a great reputation for providing a great shopping atmosphere, outstanding customer service, and taking care of its employees. This type of dedication to the customer and employees can be seen in the company sales which totaled $27.1 billion in 2011 and profits which were estimated to be $1.5 billion. With these sales figures in place Publix ranks #106 out of 500 of Fortune top American companies. Currently Publix based on 2011 figures Publix is the 14th largest retailer in the United States. Publix Mission Statement, Our Mission at Publix is to be the premier quality food retailer in the world. To that end we commit to be: * Passionately focused on Customer Value, * Intolerant of Waste, * Dedicated to the Dignity, Value and Employment Security of our Associates, * Devoted to the highest standards of stewardship for our Stockholders, and * Involved as...
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...an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992/pdf/GPO-CONAN-1992-7.pdf. Mr. Peter Oiler certainly has unique situation that he/she has to contend with. But by virtue of the amount of negative publicity that the food chain, Winn Dixie would have to contend with, I think that they made a wise decision. Case-and-Point; say for instance, Mr. Oiler was on a normal outing and decided that he wanted to drink a little. He’s dress in his finest dress while at the Shady Grove Bar and Grill, when all of a sudden, someone from Winn Dixie recognizes him. They start a conversation and a fight ensues. Mr. Oiler and his co-worker are eventually pulled apart, but the damages are insurmountable. The owners of Shady Grove Bar and Grill, through a police report fine that Mr. Oiler is employed at Winn Dixie, and file a Class-Action Suit against the corporation. The fact of the matter is, no one cares who you are, until they find out that you work for a large corporation. From a Human Resources perspective, I feel that we are all under the gun. For every action that you take, there is a equally and determining reaction. In this world of recessions and downsizing, every employee has to really think about the consequences that surrounds their off-the Job behaviors...
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...I most definitely think that Oiler rights were violated. My opinion though really doesn’t matter if this behavior was discussed with Oiler at the start of him employment with Winn Dixie. Depending on the rules and regulation that were set forth by Winn Dixie and gone over with Oiler in orientation he very well may have been in violation of the company’s policy. I work for the state in the behavioral health department. Occasionally there are events that take place in the community, within legislature or people in charge of making very big decision. And as we all know the media is always looking for their next big story. Policy here stated that we are not to speak to any media, not be telephone, mail correspondence or in person. We have one specific person at the agency that covers all interviews. This is to make sure that the correct information is being given to the public. Employees here consider these to be strict guidelines and we make sure that we do as policy states. In Oiler’s case there may have been something in policy that stated that this type of behavior was not going to be accepted and that termination would result of it. This is why it is very important that everything given to a person be read prior to signing, especially if you know you partake in questionable activities. In Oilers case it is obvious this was not the case. It’s sad that society works this way but unless we own the business and work for ourselves we must abide by others...
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...The controversy that arose from The Dixie Chicks in the early 2000s caused them to lose a lot of their support in the US. After President Bush decided that it was time for the United States to invade Iraq, he received a major backlash from many people throughout Europe. Nevertheless, many American country artists, country fans, and other pro-war individuals were supporting the idea of going to war with Iraq but there laid an outlier in this group of people. The Dixie Chicks shared their thought on going to the war, as Maines says, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” Even though they received applause from the European audience, their loose language towards President Bush angered many Americans. With this, a documentary, made to help people understand the Dixie Chicks’ point of view,...
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...1-There are several market research steps that can be done to extract the proper data. According to our textbook on page 37-40 we can use the six-step marketing research process. Our first step would be to describe the problem and research the objectives. The problem is that the hotel has a challenge of keeping an average occupancy of 80%. I researched online with the help of Expedia and search for top three popular three star hotels, which are Riverside Hotel, Marriot Beach Place Towers and Best Western Plus Oceanside Inn. It’s always great to look at what your competitors are doing and enhance the way your business. After reviewing the comments and searching their website I notice a few highlights. The Riverside Hotel has their location as an advantage. The hotel is located in Las Olas Blvd, which has restaurant, shops and nightlife. The Marriot Beach Place Towers has full-equipped kitchen and direct access to the beach. The Best Western has great reviews about their breakfast buffet. Based those review from the competitor I would then conduct surveys with current, past and future guest. During this process I would create a marking blitz and form partnership with media company to host events. I would also book advertising with companies like Groupon Getaways to attract new guest. This research plan can reveal areas of opportunity for enhancement with-in the hotel or the way they operate day-to-day business. Based on the information collected we can analyze the useful data and...
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...This learning segment incorporates many supports for students with specific needs. Each lesson incorporates visuals and drawing in order to be more accessible for ELLs and Students with learning disabilities. Because of Winn Dixie is a chapter book so there are not pictures in the book, however, visuals from the movie and clips from the movie are used throughout the learning segment in order to aid students in comprehension and making connections to what they are reading. The gallery walk with visuals of disney characters is one example of the use of visuals during this learning segment. The gallery walk strategy is also important to help students because the are allowed to collaborate with the other group members at the same poster as them. The combination of visuals and group work during the gallery walk make it effective for an introduction, where the teacher is looking to assess the students background knowledge about character traits. Also, the teacher would learn key vocabulary that relates to each lesson in the student's native language and recite them every time that she says that word in english to the class. This would help ELLs keep track of what is being said. When they hear...
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...1) Yes I do believe that Oiler’s employee rights were violated. Oiler was a dedicated employee of twenty years he did an outstanding job, oiler’s personal life for twenty years did not affect the company (Winn-Dixie) or his ability to do a good job. I do not believe that a company should be able to fire anyone for their personal ways. When I say personal ways I mean how someone lives, dresses, or acts outside of their working environment unless it has to do directly with the company itself. If oiler was going around representing Winn-Dixie in any way then yes I could understand why the company would feel a little threatened. I feel that the decision to fire Oiler was based off of someone’s personal feelings towards Oiler being a cross dresser which is very unprofessional, a company should not fire anyone based on personal feelings but instead on how could this effect the company. On the clock Oiler was a very professional employee for twenty years. Not only was Oiler’s employee rights violated but his civil rights also. The seventh Amendment to the civil rights act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in hiring based on sex, religion, and national origin. The Fifth Amendment has an explicit requirement that the federal government not deprive any individual of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law. By firing Oiler for cross dressing is depriving him of living his life in which I do not believe that companies should legally be able to fire employee’s...
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...On July 30, 1997, Dixie Fuel filed a Verified Claim in the district court for the Eastern District of Kentucky seeking declaratory and injunctive relief voiding these assignments1. Dixie Fuel filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to prohibit the SSA from assigning it any more beneficiaries, requiring the SSA to notify the Combined Fund that assignments to Dixie Fuel are void, and enjoining the SSA from withholding information requested by Dixie Fuel in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests1. The district court denied all injunctive relief to Dixie Fuel,1,3 ruling solely that the agency's interpretation of § 9706(a) as allowing the SSA to assign beneficiaries from the unassigned pool after October 1, 1993, is reasonable and...
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...Final Summary This story is mostly about a girl named Opal and a dog named Winn-Dixie. Opal wants her mother to come back, and she also wants friends and she finds out in the story that you can’t hold on to things that want to leave. It all started when Opal went to a grocery store, to buy two tomatoes a bag of rice and a box of mac-n-cheese. At the grocery store, she finds a stray dog and names it Winn-Dixie. After she names the dog she takes him home to the Preacher (her dad) she then asks, her dad if she can have Winn-Dixie. She doesn’t ask him directly at first so he can’t back out. In the end he has to say “Yes, you can keep him.” Opal then takes Winn-Dixie upstairs and washes him. Throughout the summer Opal made friends with other people Because of Winn-Dixie. For example, she made friends with Gloria...
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...1. Do you believe Oiler’s employee rights were violated? Explain your position. Peter Oiler’s termination from his job by the Winn-Dixie Corporation was an outright and blatant violation of his employee rights. Though balancing employee rights with appropriate discipline is an ongoing challenge for HR professionals. But in this case of Oiler, the work place behavior of the employer had not changed and there is no problem, with the co-employers also. Also in the own time, the company have no rights about the way he dress. Hence there is also no such challenge for the Winn-Dixie that it has to terminate Oiler. Hence I would consider that Winn-Dixie has violated the employee rights of Oiler. Also his social security has been impaired. When we consider the situation here is more normal than a similar case in 2005, which happened in Georgia (from the article). According to that, the courts consider this as sexual discrimination under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (deprivation of constitutional right) and Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution (all peoples are same). And the development of trans-gender transitions has a real concern and the laws accept the claims of discrimination under employer’s stereotyping of genders. Thus Oiler’s claim is acceptable and Winn-Dixie has to oblige to the claims of Oiler. Here Oiler’s can be taken as an example of opposition of trans-genders in the general public. Though the laws are guarding them, the manipulation of thought...
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...Mclaurin, Celia, A Slave. New York: Avon Books, 1991. Celia, A Slave describes the hardships and trials about a slave named Celia. She is 14 years old and is owned by Robert Newsom, a wealthy white man and his family. When Celia arrives she already knows how to cook and clean. Celia works under the supervision of Virginia and Mary, who are Newsom’s daughters. Robert Newsom already owns five slaves before journeying to Audrain County in the summer of 1850 to purchase Celia. Robert Newsom decides that he is going to be wealthy so he decides to move his family out of Virginia. This move for Newsom was “the promise of a better life that lends him and his family to Callaway County in Missouri” (p.2). When Newsom and his family arrive in Callaway between “1819 and 1822” (p. 2) he purchases land to help build his wealth. Missouri in 1855 was a slave state that was working towards becoming a free state. Life for Robert Newsom came to an end “June 23, 1855” (p.33) when his life is taken by Celia. Newsom and his family settle in Callaway Missouri and he builds his plantation and becomes wealthy. In the summer of 1850 he loses his wife. He is content because he is a “prosperous man, the owner of eight hundred acres according to the census” (p. 9). Newsom owns five male slaves. He realizes he needs a female companion to fulfill the womanly duties around his planation. He travels to Audrain County. Newsom purchases Celia so that she can cook, and clean. Celia becomes the property...
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...1. Do you believe Oiler’s employee rights were violated? Explain your position. I believe Oiler’s employee rights were violated, because the organization never consider Oiler’s twenty-years with the company as a loader and a driver of a fifty-foot truck with a trailer, delivering groceries to the company’s stores, impeccable and unblemished work record, his productivity, punctuality, and trustworthiness. Winn-Dixie never gave him the opportunity to correct such behavior, by offer him assistance and develop an action plan to correct his behavior. Most importantly find the reason as to why he chose to cross-dress and changed his persona during off-duty. Winn-Dixie action raise the question of did they violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII, which prohibits the discrimination based on sex? According to the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, on October 23, 2000 the United States District court Eastern District Of Louisiana ruled that Winn-Dixie unlawfully discriminated against Oiler on the basis of sex in violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the employment non-discrimination Act employment discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers is pervasive and harmful. It violates core American values of fairness and equality by discriminating against qualified individuals based on characteristics unrelated to the job. Over the years, Congress has responded when it found that people were not being hired...
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