Oxmyx Industries, Inc.: HR Crisis

Im currently a pieceager in the human resources department of Oxmyx Industries, Inc. which is a medium sized agricultural processing firm that specializes in the mathematical product and distri plainlyion of high protein foodstuffs made from grain quadrotriticale. Oxmyx Industries, or simply OI, was founded in the 1950s by Bela Oxmyx, a man who c eached the dry land Iotia home. Bela Oxmyx fled Iotia to beget to the United States in the mid 1940s upon the Soviets takeover of his homeland.Not long aft(prenominal) his arrival to the U. S. , Bela heart-to-heart up a small market for fresh produce on the lower east side of Manhattan this small market eventually expand into a chain of grocery stores through pop the tri-state bea, consisting of New York, New island of Jersey and Connecticut. Ultimately, Omyx chose to focus on the processing of agricultural products for his community. Today Bella Oxmyx owns besides 51 percent of the outstanding stock and remains Chief Executive off iceholder of Oxmyx Industries, Inc.I currently work at the corporations collective headquarters in New York and my responsibilities include the negotiation of the employee benefit package, the meanspirited(a) resolution of employee grievances, and maintaining the overall employee morale. As of lately, many of our female employees realise been register complaints intimately several of our male employees. These objections ar mainly tar startleed at tether individual employees, JoJo Krako, Tepo and Zabo.The women have highlighted the threes illicit behavior with such references as calling them baby or chicky, repeatedly hireing them out, and leer at them while conversing amongst themselves in their native language. Unfortunately and, the complaints applyt stop thither the female managers have also complained that these individuals be slow to carry out instructions and neartimes even appear to be resentful about doing so, as well as frequently surly, rude, making dis obe isanceful comments and tone at them in an uncomfortable manner while talking in their own language.In addition to all that, several women have also claimed that these men have pictures of nude and semi-nude women plastered in their lockers in the mens locker room. These complaints garnered my attention so I went ahead and did a minute of inquiry of my own. I ended up stumbling upon documents that revealed some interesting and take a backward details about the three troublesome employees. I found out that to all(prenominal) one of these men were from Iotia, Oxymyxs homeland, had lower job acquisitions and experience than any of the other(a) members of the staff, and most nonably, hey had less skills and experience than several of the appli push asidets who had applied for the equivalent positions and got rejected. I noniced that on each of these mens files it read Legacy B. O, so I asked my superior what those letters represented and he told me that it was Mr. Oxymys cod e stylus of saying to hire that individual. After further research I discovered that these three employees were not the only men that have been hired by the company whose documents had Legacy B. O on it I found roughly 30 other instances with similar cases.In each case, the person hired was a young white male who late arrived in the United States from Iotia also an overwhelming amount of complaints had been filed around the same time period of the hiring. I became very troubled by these upstart discoveries and decided to approach the CEO himself, Mr. Oxymyx. When I explained my findings on the mens conduct to contendds the female staff to Mr. Oxmyx he said to me, Thats ripe their way. Iotia is a very traditional patriarchal culture, you know. Krako and others ar not utilise to seeing women in positions of authority. But give them some time and they testament ad near like I have.I am Iotian myself you know. I thitherfore told Mr. Oxmyx that none of the Iotian employees hire d over the past five old age were capable individuals for the job. Mr. Oxmyx then proceeded to tell me the story of how things were when he first arrived in the States he came to the U. S with goose egg due to the Soviets confiscating all of his familys assets. conquestion going through the immigration he saw a man with a sign that offered help to all Iotians the man was a substitute of the group FIG, First Iotian Group, an organization whose duty is to help Iotian immigrants to the U. S. After dower him get on his feet, the organization asked him that when he is successful to help the succeeding(a) generation of Iotian immigrants to the U. S. Oxmyx gave his word that he would, which explains why t here have been inexplicable hirings of Iotian immigrants within the company.I contained to my office and after further round noticed that many of the more qualified applicants who have been passed over were both African American or Hispanics from impoverished backgrounds. I un derstand where Mr. Oxymyx is approach from to a certain extent When he first arrived to the U. S. he had nothing and other Iotian immigrants helped him be keep down very successful and he is now the bulk owner of a business that he started and didnt let success get in the way of remembering where he came from. It makes sense that after the help he peckd from his fellow landmen he tangs it is his duty to do the same for others. He is Iotian after all and the majority owner of a business, so why not take advantage of that and make it easier for Iotians to get hired by his company.Technically it is against the law to hire based on race and ethnicity, those are traits that an employer is supposed to ignore however I feel Mr. Oxymyx is trying to detect his personal ethics, which is to help out his own bulk in their time of unavoidableness because erstwhile upon a time he was helped. However, there also are several problems I see with Mr. Oxymyxs policy. When he first came to the United States in the mid 1940s, the piazza in Iotia was very different than it is now.Iotia back then was being invaded by the former Soviet Union, and the Soviets had stripped Oxymyxs family of all their assets so fundamentally when he arrived to the U. S. he had literally nothing, nothing tho hope that is he was a desperate man advance from a desperate nation with nothing to offer entirely hard work. Now is not 1940 we are now in the 21st century and the Soviet Union does not even exist anymore. Iotia is not in a state of war causing citizenry to flee from the same harsh conditions as Mr. Oxymyx once did.Yes, the United States is most likely still a land of violate opportunity than Iotia is, making it very appealing for people to move from the east European nation, however due to the fact that they are not as desperate to come here anymore, Mr. Oxymyx does not have to view the freshly immigrants in the same light as he viewed his emigration experience. He has not lived in Iotia for over 50 years now and sure enough conditions are very different in todays world, no exit what country youre in. Although he feels that he was greatly back up in the transition and welcomed by his fellow countrymen when he arrived to the U.S. and would like to return the favor and not forget where he came from, the young men who are making the same trip across the pond today are not in the same boat as he, so hiring them is no longer as urgent as it once was. Mr. Oxymyx also told me that the background why the three Iotians Jojo, Thepo and Zabo were so rude to the female staff members is because where they come from, they are not used to seeing women in positions of authority so it is a new thing that they havent become devoted to yet. In the U. S. we treat all co-workers with equal respect no matter gender, age or race. The problem is that Mr. Oxymyx keeps comparing these young men to himself as if they are him 60 years ago. He fails to realize that he came to the U. S. at a much different time, when the world was a different place. Yes, back then it is possible that in Iotia women were not treated very respectfully, and it was not uncommon for them to be sexually harassed by their male counterparts however as Ive mentioned before, Oxymyx came in at a different time. weigh at the example of African Americans in our culture not as well long ago they were treated as second rate citizens in the U. S. Battling racism and racist comments was not an uncommon thing at the time, but it is most definitely not accepted in todays U. S. Maybe in his time in Iotia it was ordinary to degrade women, but it is very possible that things have changed since, especially given the 60 years past, so he should not necessarily be making excuses for the way these three individuals behave. Maybe they are just that way, and it doesnt mean they are representing the modern Iotian culture as a whole.When I looked into more of the companys employment documents and realized t hat many of the candidates that were passed over for hiring positions were not only more qualified than their Iotian counterparts, the majority of the ones passed over were minorities of African American or Hispanic descent this on the other hand, I have a big problem with. These people were from poor and desperate backgrounds and holded the jobs just as much as the Iotians, so it is unfair that they did not receive a chance at all, making it seem as if there was a racial aspect to the hiring process as well. If Mr. Oxymyx is about serving out those that are in by giving them jobs, he should at least consider the minorities as well. It appears that Mr. Oxymyx may still have some racist ways from the past that he has not let go of while he has been in the United States, and that to me is definitely an ethical predicament that exceeds helping out his fellow countrymen. If Oxymyx chooses that he wants to give an advantage to Iotian citizens when he is hiring, that I do not have as m uch a problem with, after all, he is the founder of the company and is Iotian himself and I dont see if being a huge ethical hump given his past life experiences.I do however think that there should be a limit to his helping hand. He can hire these less skilled and qualified workers just because of their heritage, but what I absolutely cannot tolerate is if these same men also bring there disrespectful mannerisms to the workplace. Beggars cant be choosers by that I mean they are lucky they got hired despite their lacking in skill and experience, so that last thing they need to do is also come to work with the arrogance and superiority complex over women.They should be glad for their opportunity and should put their head down and be the hardest working people in the company to show how thankful they are to Mr. Oxymyx for the experience. I protrude to meet with Mr. Oxymyx again, and I have a few suggestions for him. I leave behind first let him know that although he seems to have good intentions, he involve to realize that the men he is hiring are not coming from the same war torn Iotia that he fled he should not canvas himself to them.The world has changed from the 40s and maybe women were not treated with respect back in 1940s Iotia, but it is likely that situation has changed. regardless of that, we live in the United States and these men have moved here to come look for a better life and if they wish to extend to in our society, they must also follow our societal rules and ethics they need to leave their rude manners behind because that is not how things work here, and Mr. Oxymyx needs to sit each of them down and let them know that.I give also recommend to him that there needs to be a company policy put in place and anyone that does not follow the guidelines leave behind be dismissed. After all, these are grown men and here, and they should have the genius capacity to understand that they are in a different country now with different customs, the y should feel privileged to have the opportunity to bug out a new life in the U. S therefore they need to respect the culture as well. I will also ask Mr.Oxymyx why most of the job applicants that are being passed over pass to be Black and Hispanic, which is definitely a racial issue that is against the laws for hiring. I do respect that Mr. Oxymyx does has not forgotten his heritage and knows where and what he came from no matter how successful he is, which is why he wants to give back, but if he is to give an advantage to Iotians in his company they need to follow the guidelines that I have suggested and the societal rules that we have instilled here in America.I will at least be able to tolerate the fact that they are unfairly being given jobs that they are not quite qualified for if they follow the rules above and beyond. However, if no action is taken than I will encourage the women to file lawsuits against these men, as well as Mr. Oxymyx himself for knowingly breaking laws about hiring as well as knowing this molestation activity is going on, and I will encourage Mr. Oxymyx to dismiss them all to prevent losing his company and all hes worked for.