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The Importance Of Post-Employment Screening

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Post-Employment Screening
Habib Ahmadi
Ethics First

As an effective leader of an organization, one must constantly evaluate statistical data, industry trends and emerging technologies to stay on top and in front of inside and outside threats to the organization. However, organizations have a responsibility to hold itself and its employees to high moral standards in order to be successful in the long run. Employees want to be respected, appreciated and have room for growth. Similarly organizations want its employees to be respectful of the policies and values of the organization, provide the best service, be engaged in their work, and at the end of the day look out for the best interest of the company, its shareholders and community. Fairness is at the heart of a mutually beneficial and ethical relationship. Ron Carucci echoes Jonathan Haidt’s belief that “the basic perception of fairness in the design of an organization is vital to shaping ethical employee behavior” (Carucci, 2016). Fairness here can also be tied to Kant’s universal acceptability view which implies that for a rule to be rational, it has to be embraced by all rational beings. However, senior leaders and executive would be reluctant to adopt a policy that actively infringes on their right to privacy. While the job of CEO can extremely difficult because they have the challenging task of running an effective organization by keeping the employees, board of directors and stockholders satisfied, it’s crucial for top executive to treat their employees the way they would want to be treated.
With the recent attention to the insider threats that companies face, it’s only natural to look for ways to get to the heart of the issue and implement a system to prevent it from happening. According to Trevino (2003) simply getting rid of a bad apple will not solve an organization’s ethical problems (p. 252). While screening employees post-employment may lower the number of incidents with insider threats, the damage it would cause to the trust, morale and right to privacy of employees would be irreparable. At Ethics First we recommend that following steps be taken to minimize the risk of insider threat to the organization:

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