PP247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Totalitarianism, Agency Shop, National Labor Relations Act
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Employment at will (eaw)- in the absence of a specific contract, and employer may hire, fire, demote, or promote any employee. It is defended on the basis of property rights, the freedom of owners and managers to do what they want with their business. Eaw does not promote = freedom since owners and managers are in positions of much. If a few corporations control an industry and they are run by a single ethnic group that practices discrimination,the - social impact is huge. Utilitarian perspective:most people work for others (employees), so it is in their interest to have some protection from arbitrary power. Having a job and being treated decently in the workplace are vital human interests. There is a strong case, based on the > Happiness principle, for limiting eaw in our society. Rights perspective: rights developed as a way of limiting the power of the monarch (magna carta) or the state (us bill of rights).
