Concept of Justice

Concept of Justice

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Concept of Justice

Caring for the Uninsured

Provision of care to individuals who lack health insurance has become one of the most sensitive issues in the United States given the level of political attention it has accrued over the past decade. Justice in terms of providing care for the uninsured should be within existing legal frameworks and with respect to human rights (Mapp, 2008). There is also need to consider that a section of the population sacrifices their incomes to purchase health insurance for themselves and their respective families. Providing access to healthcare for individuals without health insurance also impedes on the rights of individuals who have sacrificed their incomes to purchase insurance. The provision of care should be limited to emergency services as a means of enhancing fair access to healthcare (Mapp, 2008).

Downsizing

Reduction of labor forces for modern entities should be done within the existing legal frameworks for employee hiring, retention, remuneration, and dismissal. An organization should only release and dismiss a large workforce in the light of high costs of operation necessitating the need to reduce the labor as a means of curbing costs of operation related to the number of laborers in an entity. In addition, an entity should provide the grounds for dismissal of employees, which should be valid and appropriate with respect to existing legal framework. The employees should be provided with compensation in the case of retrenchment to as a means of illustrating gratitude in provision of service to an organization.

Shareholder

Management is usually driven by the need to maximize the existing value of shareholder investments within an organization. In addition, the issue of dividends and undertaking of new investments for an organization should be driven by transparency towards maximizing the ownership of the existing shareholders. There are growing concerns of managerial malpractices and unethical conduct among executives influenced by the need to post high profits and earnings for the shareholders. These do not reflect actual revenues, profits and business activities of the entity (Kapstein, 2008).

Such actions are usually driven by the need to retain management by illustrating high profits and exceptional dedication by executives towards maximization of profits for the investors. This can be dealt through adoption of modern techniques of financial reporting by selection of independent auditors tasked with financial auditing and reporting activities. Financial reporting and issue of dividends to shareholders should be based on true and fair view of the business and its financial wellbeing at a given financial period. This ensures that the shareholder interests are protected in a just manner.

Employee Discipline

Disciplining executives and other subordinates in modern organizations should be done using ethical and moral approaches. This ensures that disciplining an employee is done using effective styles and based on truthful information (Smith, Sonnenfeld, & Pellow, 2006). Falsified allegations and bias may influence claims against employees, which should be investigated before decisions on disciplining an employee are taken by the management. In addition, justice also amounts to providing n employee who faces allegations and accusations of misconduct with an appropriate platform to provide his or her individual accounts on the allegations leveled against them. Justice amounts to ensuring fairness in terms of information from parties contesting a decision without favor or any form of bias. In addition, in the case of employee misconduct discipline actions should be done in line with existing rules and regulations pertaining to specific issues of employee misconduct.

References:

Kapstein, E. B. (2008). Economic justice in an unfair world: Toward a level playing field. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.

Mapp, S. C. (2008). Human rights and social justice in a global perspective: An introduction to international social work. New York: Oxford University Press.

Smith, T., Sonnenfeld, D. A., & Pellow, D. N. (2006). Challenging the chip: Labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.