Questions about Ethics on Drug Testing Work Place

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Ethics on Drug Testing
Michael Cranford in the article Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing; discusses some of the most volatile opinions that encircle the issue of employers testing their employees for drug abuse (Cranford, n.d.). As mentioned in the article, drug testing is an element that is used by employers to try and increase the amount of profits that they can get from the human resources that they have. This is done by minimizing the economic impacts that employees have on the business processes when they are considered to be having drug abuse complications. The article brings to light some two main arguments that have been brought in light of the topic on drug testing at the work place. One of the argument that is brought in light of drug testing at the work place related to the idea that; drug testing at the work place is a violation of the employee privacy (Cranford, n.d.). The other argument relates to the idea that, employers are entitled to the access of such information as the drug use complications among their employees (Hanly, 2016). This largely relates to the economic costs associated with employees abusing drugs and reducing their level of productivity that then affects the company output in the long run. However Cranford then explains why drug testing does not amount to privacy violation as indicated in the counter arguments.
The author develops the argument in a very skillful manner, by first bringing out the counter argument that states that, drug tests tend to invade the privacy of the employees (Cranford, n.d.). The author then brings in the main argument in support of the drug tests at the place of work. Throughout the paper, the author offers quality references to legal and definitional references that support all the arguments presented.
One of the main argument support for the testing argument, is that, there is a relati...