Genetic Testing

Genetic Testing at the Workplace

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Genetic Testing at the Workplace

There are several moral , ethical , legal , social and cultural issues with genetic screening at the workplace . The employers would like to subject their employees to genetic testing as they would like to know the genetic weaknesses and problems that an individual may have an according employ the individual or dismiss him (in case the employee is already employed . On the other hand , the employee has certain legal and ethical rights

which would ensure protection of privacy at the workplace . Is an employer who obtains samples of the employee 's gene and subjects the sample to genetic testing guilty of infringing up on the privacy rights of the employee ? There are some limitations for others in them obtaining or genetic samples for testing and knowing our personal issues . On the other hand , organizations feel that getting access to an individual 's genetic samples would inform them about future problems they could be facing at the organization . An employer can potentially identify candidates with criminal tendencies , drug abusers serious mental , emotional and physical diss , etc from being employed and in this way can prevent major problems from occurring at the workplace . However , there is a legal side to the story as well . As people have strong rights to privacy and autonomy , the individual cannot be subjected to examination of the genes without sufficient consent and permission . In an effort to curb this menace of employers secretly...