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Approaches to Discipline

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Discuss the following approaches to discipline: hot-stove rule and progressive discipline. Which one do you think is the best approach? Explain your answer.

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The solution discusses the following approaches to discipline: hot-stove rule and progressive discipline. References are included.

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Progressive discipline refers to the concept of discipline wherein penalties should be appropriate to the violation performed. Discipline must be done according to procedure. If it is a minor violation, then only an oral warning can be done. If the violation is of higher level and requires written warning, proper procedure must be followed. And even if written warning has been done and the employee has not changed the improper conduct, serious punitive steps can be done. Serious violations that are stated in the company handbook or manual, or that, which the company finds intolerable, will justify termination immediately. The progressive discipline procedure is ...

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