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    A bus was involved in a minor accident where the driver left the scene and could not be located. The transit authority's transportation director, Jennifer, reported that the driver Michael had been drinking on the job and violating company policy by leaving the bus unattended. However, Michael claims he swerved to avoid a bicyclist, had to drop his phone, and walked to call it in. Richard must decide whether to follow Jennifer's recommendation to fire Michael.

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    A bus was involved in a minor accident where the driver left the scene and could not be located. The transit authority's transportation director, Jennifer, reported that the driver Michael had been drinking on the job and violating company policy by leaving the bus unattended. However, Michael claims he swerved to avoid a bicyclist, had to drop his phone, and walked to call it in. Richard must decide whether to follow Jennifer's recommendation to fire Michael.

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    A bus was involved in a minor accident where the driver left the scene and could not be located. The transit authority's transportation director, Jennifer, reported that the driver Michael had been drinking on the job and violating company policy by leaving the bus unattended. However, Michael claims he swerved to avoid a bicyclist, had to drop his phone, and walked to call it in. Richard must decide whether to follow Jennifer's recommendation to fire Michael.

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    A bus was involved in a minor accident where the driver left the scene and could not be located. The transit authority's transportation director, Jennifer, reported that the driver Michael had been drinking on the job and violating company policy by leaving the bus unattended. However, Michael claims he swerved to avoid a bicyclist, had to drop his phone, and walked to call it in. Richard must decide whether to follow Jennifer's recommendation to fire Michael.

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    Case Incident : Group Assignment (Marks 10) - (to be submitted in Word form by 2nd

    September, 2020 (5.00 pm)

    Read the following and answer the questions given at the end of the case:

    According to a police report, on July 9 at 1:27 p.m., bus No.3763 was involved in a minor non-
    injury accident. Upon arriving at the scene of the accident, police were unable to locate the
    driver of the bus. Since the bus was barely drivable, the passengers were transferred to a backup
    bus, and the damaged bus was sent to the city bus garage for repair.

    The General Manager, Richard, has been going over the police report and two additional reports.
    One of the additional reports was submitted by Jennifer, the Transportation Director for the City
    Transit Authority (CTA), and the other came directly from the driver of the bus, Michael.
    According to Jennifer, although Michael has been an above-average driver for almost eight
    years, his performance had taken a drastic nosedive during the past six months. Always one to
    join the other drivers for an after-work drink, Michael recently has been suspected of drinking on
    the job. Furthermore, according to Jennifer’s report, Michael was seen having a beer in a pub
    located less than two blocks from the CTA Terminal at around 3 p.m. on the day of the accident.
    Jennifer’s report concludes by citing two Sections of the CTA Transportation Agreement.
    Section 18(a) specifically forbids the drinking of alcoholic beverages by any CTA employee
    while on duty. Section 26(f) prohibits drivers from leaving their buses unattended. Violation of
    either of the two Sections results in action being taken against the employee involved. Jennifer
    recommends immediate dismissal.

    According to the driver, Michael, the facts are quite different. Mike claims that in attempting to
    miss a bicycle rider he swerved and struck a tree, causing minor damage to the bus. Mike had
    been talking with the Dispatcher when he was forced to drop his phone receiver in order to miss
    the bicycle. Since the receiver broke upon impact, Mike was forced to walk four blocks to the
    nearest phone to report the accident. As soon as he reported the accident to the company, Mike
    also called the union to tell them about it. Mike reports that when he returned to the scene of the
    accident, his bus was gone. Uncertain of what to do, he decided to return to the CTA terminal.

    Questions:

    1. Why are the two reports submitted by Jennifer and Michael so different?
    2. What perceptual errors are evident in the above case?
    3. If you were Richard, would you have taken the action recommended by Jennifer.
    Yes/No. In either case, give reasons to justify your decision.
    4. If your answer is “No”, what would be your course of action?

    ***

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