David Tuff's The Reluctant Security Guard

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In the case study of The Reluctant Security Guard, it states a security guard who has been working for Blue Mountain Company, which provides services to a shopping mall. David Tuff, the security guard, has a history of great performance and has been recognized for his integrity and service. After 14 months of working with the company, they decided to change their policies involving intoxicated people who are in the property of the mall. The new policy stated that guards are obligated to remove the person from the parking lots of the mall and on to public roads. The issue Tuff had with the new policy was that it did not state that those intoxicated should be arrested or the policy should be contacted. He felt the new policy was not right and felt as a security guard it was his duty to seek the safety of those around him. From the beginning, he expressed his discomfort for this policy but had no active response from upper management. Tuff then decided to contact the media and tell them everything that was happening. There were news articles illustrating the company’s policy and the public was not happy about what they were …show more content…

Privacy in the workplace can be very tricky because we are all different and our definition of privacy may not be the same. For this reason, there are privacy laws for example the Employee Polygraph Protection Act which prohibits private employers for the use of lie detector test on their employees or for those in the process of being employed by the company. Laws like these are meant to protect the privacy of the employee, but the employer is also able to protect their private information by having their employees sign a contract stating they will not give private company information to others. Blue Mountain Company had Tuff sign one of this contract stating their privacy rules regarding the company’s information and

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