Is a Worker Culpable For Causing Missed Deadlines by Hanging an Clock With The Incorrect Time? 

About this episode

The episode discusses the culpability of a worker who set a clock incorrectly, leading to missed deadlines in a factory.

Questions? Comments? We love feedback! Email us at info@baishavaad.org Question: A man owns a factory which doesn’t allow employees to bring cell phones onto the floor. He has a big clock – the only clock on the floor – which everything runs in accordance to. He hired someone to put up the clock and that worker didn’t set the time correctly. As a result of the clock being half an hour slow, deadlines were missed and earnings were lost. Does the worker who hung the clock ha...

Topics covered

• business ethics
• employee responsibility
• time management
• workplace policies
• accountability

Keywords

• worker responsibility
• missed deadlines
• incorrect time
• factory policies
• employee accountability

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Organizations: Bais Havaad

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