EMPLOYEES CHARGED FOR SMOKING

Generally, reading the news i found this article and it made me wonder if this was right to do, or was it ethically wrong towards employees.

The articles talk about how companies use incentives to achieve desired employee behavior, and also penalize them, in this case by taxing smokers, usually because their health insurance is more expensive. Different companies like PepsiCo,Macy’s and Gannet charge an annual or month fee whereas some companies just refuse to hire smokers.

I believe this is ethically wrong, as smoking is a personal choice one makes, usually being aware of its medical consequences but this should not have effect on their careers or working conditions. A company could ban smoking in the office building or during office hours but should not penalize people for just being smokers.

However, this action could be of benefit too, smokers might begin trying to quit smoking so their job opportunities are not effected and money isn’t wasted on paying the surcharges. Also, this would decrease the medical expenditure companies have to annually pay for and could spent that money on growth of the company and possible other benefits they could give to their employees to cover up for this.

 

 

 

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