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The owner of three Subway restaurants, Anil Dhawan, in British Columbia received the first ever Bad Boss Award for his actions in waving the legal rights of overtime pay of his employees that are working extra hours. Before employees were hired, he made them sign an employee wage agreement where they agree to not having overtime pay.

Clearly, this is an unethical practice that is created by the franchise owner. Not only has he allow himself to receive a horrible reputation as a boss, he is not creating a suitable atmosphere for his employees by not allowing them to receive that pay they should get for working overtime.  In R. Edward Freeman’s video, “What is Stakeholder Theory?”, he tells us to “think about a business whose employees don’t want to be there every day, who aren’t using a hundred percent of their effort and energy and their creativity to make the business better.”  That is exactly what Anil Dhawan did to his employees. Employees play a huge part in a company’s success and business ethics have to be properly followed in order to have employees that want to be there every day, satisfying R. Edward Freeman’s “What is Stakeholder’s Theory?”

More Info :

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/04/10/vancouver-subway-owner-named-bad-boss-by-young-workers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0BxfHIX3k