The issue of using drugs at the place of work (ETH 301 module 3 case assignment)

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Begin, by reading the materials on the background page. Do as much additional research as you feel is necessary. Then address the case assignment.

In separate incidents, All-Star game Most Valuable Player Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants and Former AL Cy Young Award winner Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon were both suspended for 50 games for testing positive for testosterone. Baseball is a business. It is big business. Players are employees. The safety of the employees is an issue. Marketing is a problem and public relations. How does this affect the game?

Unlike other drug problems, this is not a public safety issue. Or is it? Are players role models? You know kids; they see they do.

Let's take this now to the specific level.

Should Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon have received these lengthy suspensions?

Case Expectations:

As always, make sure to show how your position is for the greatest good (utility) and respects basic rights (deontology)

Please write a three page paper, not including title page and reference page, answering this question. 

General Expectations

Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page.

Use APA-style.

please read the following two articles from Proquest in our online library:

KATIE ZEZIMA and, A. G. (2010, Oct 25). Testing for prescription drugs poses quandary for employers. New York Times, pp. 1-A.1. Retrieved on November 27, 2012 from Proquest.

Abstract:

Two decades have passed since the Supreme Court first upheld the right to test for drugs in the workplace. The growing reliance of Americans on powerful prescription drugs for pain, anxiety and other maladies suggests that many are reporting to work with potent drugs in their systems, and employers are grappling for ways to address that.

What companies consider an effort to maintain a safe work environment is drawing complaints from employees who cite privacy concerns and contend that they should not be fired for taking legal medications, sometimes for injuries sustained on the job.

The article can also be accessed directly here (Retrieved on November 27, 2012):http://www(dot)nytimes(dot)com/2010/10/25/us/25drugs.html?pagewanted=all 

Now read about the severe penalties two major league baseball players received for testing positive for testosterone. 

CBS and Associated Press. MLB drug testing topic back in spotlight in Bay Area after recent suspensions. Published August 23, 2012, Retrieved on November 27, 2012 from http://www(dot)cbsnews(dot)com/8301-400_162-57499360/mlb-drug-testing-topic-back-in-spotlight-in-bay-area-after-recent-suspensions/