Workplace Experiences

Running Head : INSERT ABBREVIATED TITLE Workplace Experiences

Scenario 1

About two years ago while interning at Siemens AG in the transformers business unit , a major problem broke out when audit reports found out that the steel scraps were being unaccounted for . After a thorough investigation it was found that steel scraps were being sold in the black market without passing though the accounting procedure for selling scraps . When this matter was found in the audit reports , the management of the business unit was notified to debrief the people involved in the

selling of scraps . The investigation process yielded that the unethical selling of steel scraps were a combined effort of the selling staff and a retired worker at the factory who had found a way to dispose the material . This unethical behavior to allow a discharged worker to continue working along with the illegal action of selling scraps without company knowledge was completely against the rules and policies strictly enforced by the company . As a result the whole selling department was revamped with previous employees shifted to other positions . The workers who had committed the crime were severely reprimanded with instant termination and law suit against the person that landed the guilty workers to a 10 years imprisonment . The incident made the company aware that trusting the employees is a difficult matter can only be fully trusted when regular checks and balances are in place . After this incident , the company contracted a local security agency for close circuit cameras to...