XAT 2018 — Decision Making Question 19
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
Ramesh, the owner of an auto-component manufacturing company in Sanand, had just returned after attending the funeral of his employee, Pankaj Kumar, who had died of cancer at the age of 35. Pankaj was a hardworking and sincere employee with impeccable performance record. Pankaj was the sole bread earner for his family with negligible savings and was survived by his wife and two school going children. His wife will get around 8 lakh rupees accrued to Pankaj as social security benefit.
A large number of employees wanted the organization to employ Pankaj’s wife on compassionate grounds so that she could support her family. Though Ramesh was sympathetic to the demand, he realized that this could set a precedence, where the organization will have to provide jobs for everyone with similar conditions in the future. In fact, only recently, Ramesh had refused a request for a job to the daughter of an employee, who had died a few months before he was to retire.
Ramesh, along with senior managers, was in the process of designing a policy to deal with such issues in the future. Which of the following policy statements will be the least amenable to misuse in the future?
Answer & solution
- A
The firm should provide one job to any of direct dependents of the deceased employee.
- B
The firm should provide one job to any dependent, if employee dies during the service.
- C
The firm should provide one job to any dependent, if the family does not have any other support and employee dies during service.
- D
The firm should provide help to the dependent family members in pursuing good education and employment.
The firm shall constitute a committee, with fair representation from all stakeholders, to decide on the course of action based on specifics of the case.
The question deals with arriving at a policy to deal with such incidents if they occur in the future. The best option would be including all the stakeholders so that a fair solution is obtained.
Hence, the correct answer is option 5.