Assume that you are a plant manager of an automobile parts ...

[stephzh]

Assume that you are a plant manager of an automobile parts manufacturer, and you have been directed to lay off 20 employees. With reference to the discussion of organizational justice, how should you achieve this?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Heightened awareness has eliminated all forms of discrimination.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

[lou]

Answer to Question 1

Organizational justice addresses the perceived fairness of how these decisions are made. As manager, you need to consider employees level of satisfaction with the outcome -how they feel about the decisions concerning who is laid off and who is retained (distributive justice). Employees also are concerned about the fairness with how the decisions are made -are they random, or based on performance, length of service, favoritism, or nepotism (procedural justice)? Interpersonal justice refers to how the employees are treated during the process. People tend to accept adverse decisions if they have positive feelings about their employers and supervisors. Informational justice refers to the employees perceptions of the fairness of the information used as the basis for making the decisions. If, for example, the decisions are based on merit, do they believe that the appraisal procedure gives a fair measure of performance?

Answer to Question 2

FALSE
Explanation: Unfortunately, discrimination is not a thing of the past. Class-action discrimination lawsuits are still being settled every day to the tune of millions of dollars.