A joint for the joints : the case of (medical) marijuana in the workplace / Kathleen Burke, Shafik Bhalloo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Kathleen, author.

Bhalloo, Shafik, author.

Series:

SAGE Business Cases.

SAGE Business Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James Bay Logging Company.

Drugs and employment--Case studies.

Drugs and employment.

Marijuana--Therapeutic use--Case studies.

Marijuana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Joint for the Joints

A Joint for the Joints

Place of Publication:

London : NeilsonJournals Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Drug use in the workplace can pose legal and ethical challenges for employers and their employees. In this case, Fred is a long-term employee of the James Bay Logging (JBL) Company who recently returned to the workplace after extensive cancer treatment. Back on the job, he experienced debilitating joint pain, a side effect of his treatments. Fred's decision to self-medicate with marijuana for pain management poses risks for people and property in his position as a logging truck operator and a moral dilemma for his employer with their zero-tolerance drug policy. The purpose of this case is for students to examine the competing interests a company faces in trying to fairly enforce their drug policy in the context of medical marijuana in the workplace and showing care and compassion to a long-term employee who violated this policy.

Notes:

Originally Published InBurke, K., & Bhalloo, S. (2017). A joint for the joints: The case of (medical) marijuana in the workplace. Journal of Business Ethics Education, 14(1), 327–330. JBEE14-0CS4.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5297-0390-5

9781529703900

OCLC:

1141307481