If so, there is no perceptible difference between the store burning down and the manager being incapacitated. Such an attitude is antithetical to the corporate interests, and resulted in harm not only to the company, but to the Grievant as well. At his time of need, the manager of the store was forsaken. When he needed help, what he got was detachment and avoidance. For these reasons, I think that the discipline to be visited upon the Grievant must be mitigated by principles of compassion.
Compassion incorporates the concepts of mercy, pity and justice.
It is a tempering of how we feel by a rational sense of how we would like to be treated if we were in the same spot. Absolutely no thought was given to his proven dedication or the circumstances which led to this point. Frankly, I don't think the human resources manager would like to have been treated that way nor, for that matter, any of the others who sat in judgment. I think the Grievant ought to have been given an opportunity to reclaim his dignity, through rehabilitation and restoration to his job. I think that Grievant's reinstatement will have a positive impact on the employment staff in the development of team spirit, for it will teach the value that is placed on dedication.