Post by drgreyhound on Jan 12, 2008 13:06:33 GMT -5
A follow-up to the story:
www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7561802
Also--
www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/LOCAL0102/301050004/-1/LOCAL17
Suspended with pay?? I think not...
I agree with this. While I believe no one should get a different sentence than anyone else for the same crime due to social status, this particular individual's job is to be responsible for the well-being (and sometimes safety) of minor children. Using past behavior as a determinant of future behavior, it would probably be constructive to put the principal on unpaid administrative leave until he can demonstrate good judgment and his ability to perform his job duties sober, since his decision-making skills are critical to the well-being of children. I realize this might have a lot of grey area, because in the case of the factory worker, if he comes to work intoxicated and puts some pieces together incorrectly, depending on what the pieces are to be used for his actions might not cause serious consequences or could have even more serious consequences than the principal (for example, he might be putting together cardboard boxes for fast food restaurants, or he could be putting together safety valves for heavy equipment). Maybe employers that have jobs involving higher-risk decision making (like the principal or the factory worker assembling equipment critical for others' safety) should have guidelines when this happens to individuals working these jobs to ensure the safety of the public while not necessitating harsher legal punishments for these individuals in order to do so. In the very short-term, this guy probably should have been arrested and spent the night in jail with his car towed rather than being driven home and his wife being brought to his car to drive it home.
www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7561802
Also--
www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/LOCAL0102/301050004/-1/LOCAL17
Suspended with pay?? I think not...
It depends on...what kind of work "Joe" might do.
I agree with this. While I believe no one should get a different sentence than anyone else for the same crime due to social status, this particular individual's job is to be responsible for the well-being (and sometimes safety) of minor children. Using past behavior as a determinant of future behavior, it would probably be constructive to put the principal on unpaid administrative leave until he can demonstrate good judgment and his ability to perform his job duties sober, since his decision-making skills are critical to the well-being of children. I realize this might have a lot of grey area, because in the case of the factory worker, if he comes to work intoxicated and puts some pieces together incorrectly, depending on what the pieces are to be used for his actions might not cause serious consequences or could have even more serious consequences than the principal (for example, he might be putting together cardboard boxes for fast food restaurants, or he could be putting together safety valves for heavy equipment). Maybe employers that have jobs involving higher-risk decision making (like the principal or the factory worker assembling equipment critical for others' safety) should have guidelines when this happens to individuals working these jobs to ensure the safety of the public while not necessitating harsher legal punishments for these individuals in order to do so. In the very short-term, this guy probably should have been arrested and spent the night in jail with his car towed rather than being driven home and his wife being brought to his car to drive it home.