When using background checks as a technique for hiring ethical people, it has advantages and disadvantages with usefulness. The first article, Pre-Employment Criminal Background Checks: Why Employers Should Look Before They Leap discusses advantages, “If an employer fails to conduct a thorough background check before hiring an employee, that employer may be subject to substantial liability should that employee later engage in criminal misconduct that harms coworkers, customers, or other third parties” (Howie & Shapero, Pg. 64).
The second article What We Overlook: Background Checks and Their Implications for Discrimination discusses how background checks can be a disadvantage for candidates and make them look unethical to the employer.
It states, “Background check practices are not …show more content…
They can validate the individual’s information, education, incarceration records, sex offender list and state licensing records a few examples. Two positions that would need to require background checks educators and healthcare workers. Educator’s jobs are to teach and enlighten every one of all ages. In order to get quality education it needs to be taught by someone who has proven worthy of the responsibility of inspiring thought and helping people grown and develop. Healthcare workers would be another example due to the fact that they like teachers; healthcare employees are responsible for direct contact with others with the task of taking care of them. As a patient you want to be able to trust the healthcare facility with staff you know are law abiding, competent, educated and will treat you the best way possible. By doing this you need the right employees with resources like background checks to investigate and confirm the right candidates are being selected for critical positions, you do not want a pilot with four DUI’s flying the
The second article What We Overlook: Background Checks and Their Implications for Discrimination discusses how background checks can be a disadvantage for candidates and make them look unethical to the employer.
It states, “Background check practices are not …show more content…
They can validate the individual’s information, education, incarceration records, sex offender list and state licensing records a few examples. Two positions that would need to require background checks educators and healthcare workers. Educator’s jobs are to teach and enlighten every one of all ages. In order to get quality education it needs to be taught by someone who has proven worthy of the responsibility of inspiring thought and helping people grown and develop. Healthcare workers would be another example due to the fact that they like teachers; healthcare employees are responsible for direct contact with others with the task of taking care of them. As a patient you want to be able to trust the healthcare facility with staff you know are law abiding, competent, educated and will treat you the best way possible. By doing this you need the right employees with resources like background checks to investigate and confirm the right candidates are being selected for critical positions, you do not want a pilot with four DUI’s flying the