Alcoholism In The Workplace Case Study

The prevalence of alcoholism in the workplace is far more common than most realise (Ames, Grube, & Moore, 1996:37). It is a problem that could deem to be extremely dangerous especially at companies such as rheinmetall denel munition where employees work with and construct weapons and ammunition. According to Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (42 of 1996) companies are allowed to dismiss employees for a first offence if the misconduct is severe. A policy that most companies who require high risk labour would be eager to embrace and understandable so. When employees either go to work with high alcohol levels in their system or if they consume alcohol at the workplace they place their own lives and the lives of many others in danger. Even

“Social resilience refers to a social unit or a group to collectively cope with or respond to external stresses and disturbances resulting from social, political, and environmental changes.” (Kwok, Doyle, Becker, Johnston & Paton, 2016:198). Facing this predicament the client, CEO Mr. Thobela Dikeni, of the Northern Cape Economic Development, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (NCEDA) in Kimberley requested a clinical sociologist to aid in finding a solution. Assisting in the project will be Mr. John Moore the manager of the investment recruitment

(Ames, et al., 1997:42), creating a respectful and professional atmosphere at the company and encouraging employees to be positive, hardworking, productive and dedicated (Roman & Blum, 2002:55).
The clinical sociologist will work with Mr. John Moore, the manager of the investment recruitment department. The sociologist will receive a budget to work with but any findings, possible intervention strategies and prevention programmes should first be discussed with board before any implementations. The board will have a meeting with the sociologist once a week to discuss the progress of the project.
Considering that alcoholism could have considerable consequences on the individual and that rehabilitation could be a slow process the project timing will be 6 months (Austin et al., 2014:398). Within the 6 months the project goals need to be accomplished, an intervention plan needs to be successfully implemented and prevention strategies needs to be in