Of COVID-19 and Chickens: The Ethics of One Workplace Safety Policy Early in the Pandemic
Journal of Business Ethics Education
; 19:247-252, 2022.
Article
in English
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-2322194
ABSTRACT
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic created considerable challenges for the food supply chain. One of the industries hardest hit was the agricultural and agri-foods industry. This industry has long faced worker shortages and regularly relied on temporary foreign workers. In this case, Roosters, a chicken processing and production company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, had just come off a very costly 12-day closure following a COVID-19 exposure risk in two of its processing plants. With the company back in operation a new safety policy has been implemented to limit future virus exposure and shutdown risks. The policy, however, targets a small group of temporary foreign workers, one of whom is challenging the lengths the company can go in the name of protecting employees from the virus and the company from losses due to closure. © 2022 Neilson Journals Publishing.
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Business Ethics Education
Year:
2022
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